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Court case - serving a drunk


Source: Aberystwyth Observer 30 June 1877       Date: 1877
Copyright:       Type: Newspaper
Description: Accused of serving a drunk. Dismissed

Transcript:
George Parsons, of the railway refreshment
rooms, was charged with a breach of the licensing
act under the following circumstances:—P.C.
Thomas Jones said that at half-past ten o'clock on
the previous Sunday night he was in Lewis-terrace
near the railway station when a man named
Richards, who was drunk, came to him and asked
him to go with him for a glass of beer. Richards
went to the railway station and witness followed
him, and saw a glass of brandy in his hands. This
was at the door of the refreshment room. Witness
knocked at the door when Miss Morgan, the
barmaid came out. He asked her why she sup-
plied drink so late. She told him that he had the
leave of a policeman to have the drink, and added
that he was a traveller just come from Borth. She
then admitted having supplied him with soda
and brandy.—In cross-examination by Mr Arthur
Hughes, who defended, the witness said he did not
see the liquor supplied. Richards was outside the
rooms.—Miss Morgan said she returned with
Richards and others from Borth the preceding
Sunday night. Richards was not drunk. He
asked her for some drink, but she replied that she
could not sell him any. She then treated him with
a glass of soda and brandy. He did not enter the
rooms. The constable was present at the time.—
Elizabeth Witchead, a lady in charge of the
refreshment-room at the end of the promenade pier,
deposed that on the preceding Sunday she went to
Borth with some friends. They returned about 10
minutes past ten. She was present when the
train came into the station. Miss Morgan said
he could not sell him any drink. Richards then
asked the constable whether he might have
some, and the policeman replied in the affirmative.
The drink was given to the defendant. Case dismissed.
Notes:
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Railway Station, refreshment rooms , Alexandra Road, Aberystwyth