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Permitting Drunkenness (at Christmas)

Source: Aberystwyth Observer 10 Feb 1883       Date: 1883
Copyright:       Type: Newspaper
Description: Another court case from Xmas 1882

Transcript:
Permitting Drunkenness.—R. J. Hazel, of the
Halfway Inn, Tre'rddol, and the Crown Inn,
Machynlleth, was summoned for permitting drunken-
ness, on the 23rd and 25th of December.—Mr A. J.
Hughes, Aberystwyth, defended. This case arose
out of the previous charges of drunkenness.—Mary
Edwards, wife of John Edwards, the present
manager of the Halfway Inn, said she remembered
Lewis Owen being in the house, but he had no drink
there. He was drunk, and they refused to supply
him.—Edward Evans, landlord of the Commercial
Inn, said he saw two men named Edwards and Row-
lands on the night of the 26th, and he believed them
to be drunk, therefore his wife would not serve them.
John Jones, landlord of the Royal Oak, also said
that Rowlands and Edwards were under the influence
of drink, but he did not know where they came from.
He would swear they were not drunk, but they
were under the influence of drink.—Mary Edwards,
re-called, said that Edwards and Rowlands went
to the Halfway Inn about 5.30, on the 26th, and
they were served with two pints of beer. P.C.
Jones told her they had had enough, and to stop the
tap, which she did. She considered they were
sober.—The case was dismissed.Permitting Drunkenness.—R. J. Hazel, of the
Halfway Inn, Tre'rddol, and the Crown Inn,
Machynlleth, was summoned for permitting drunken-
ness, on the 23rd and 25th of December.—Mr A. J.
Hughes, Aberystwyth, defended. This case arose
out of the previous charges of drunkenness.—Mary
Edwards, wife of John Edwards, the present
manager of the Halfway Inn, said she remembered
Lewis Owen being in the house, but he had no drink
there. He was drunk, and they refused to supply
him.—Edward Evans, landlord of the Commercial
Inn, said he saw two men named Edwards and Row-
lands on the night of the 26th, and he believed them
to be drunk, therefore his wife would not serve them.
—John Jones, landlord of the Royal Oak, also said
that Rowlands and Edwards were under the influence
of drink, but he did not know where they came from.
He would swear they were not drunk, but they
were under the influence of drink.—Mary Edwards,
re-called, said that Edwards and Rowlands went
into the Halfway Inn about 5.30, on the 26th, and
they were served with two pints of beer. P.C.
Jones told her they had had enough, and to stop the
tap, which she did. She considered they were
sober.—The case was dismissed.
Notes:
Linked to
Halfway Inn , Tre'r Ddôl
Royal Oak Inn , Taliesin
Taliesin/
Tre'r Ddôl/
Wildfowler Inn , Tre'r Ddôl

Total: 4