licences, will not make an order for removal if the owner of the premises or any person objects, who, in the opinion of the justices, has a right to object. The order for removal (a) will not be valid until confirmed. The reader is now acquainted with all the steps necessary to qualify an innkeeper and his premises for the starting and carrying on of the business of a licensed victualler, or for the retail sale of any kind of intoxicating liquors, and we shall, in the chapters which immediately follow, consider the exact amount of responsibility which such qualification entails. (a) Form XXIV. ALTERATION OF HOURS OF CLOSING IN PLACES BEYOND THE 57 SELLING OR KEEPING OPEN FOR SALE IN CLOSING TIME 57 BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS AND LODGERS AND SALES AT RAIL- 57 EXEMPTION FROM CLOSING OF HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 58 OCCASIONAL LICENCE EXEMPTING FROM PROVISIONS AS ΤΟ BRIBING CONSTABLES CLOSING LOCAL AUTHORITY. SELLING OR EXPOSING FOR SALE WITHOUT A LICENCE EVASION OF THE TERMS OF SALES MUST BE IN STANDARD MEASURES ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS.. PERMITTING PREMISES TO BE USED AS A BROTHEL. PERMITTING PREMISES TO BE THE HABITUAL RESORT OF RE 58 59 59 59 66 OFF LICENCE 60 60 61 61 61 In dealing with the subject of the innkeeper's duties under the Licensing Acts, it is proposed first to explain briefly the times for opening and closing of licensed premises, and then to deal with the rules which have been laid down for the regulation of licensed houses. 68 68 68 68 Hours of opening and closing. Closing in case of riot. All premises in which intoxicating liquors are sold by retail, must be opened and closed as follows:- (a) If situate in the Metropolitan. District. On Sunday, Good Friday, and Christmas Day :-Open at 1 p.m. and close at 3 p.m.; re-open at 6 p.m. and close at 11 p.m. On Saturdays and the days immediately preceding Good Friday and Christmas day :-Open at 5 a.m. and close at 12 (midnight). On other days:-Open at 5 a.m. and close at 12.30 after midnight. If situate beyond the Metropolitan district and in the Metropolitan Police district, or in a town or populous place. On Sunday, Good Friday, and Christmas Day :-Open at 12.30 p.m., close at 2.30 p.m.; re-open at 6 p.m. and close at 10 p.m. On other days :-Open at 6 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. If situate elsewhere than above. On Sundays, Good Friday, and Christmas Day :-Open at 12.30 p.m. and close at 2.30 p.m.; re-open at 6 p.m. and close at 10 p.m. On other days: Open at 6 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. Should Christmas Day immediately precede or succeed Sunday, the closing hours on Sunday will remain the same. (b) If any riot or tumult happens, or is expected to happen, in any county or place, any two justices may order (c) all licensed houses in such county or place to be closed at their discretion, and refusal to close renders the licensed person liable to a penalty of 501. The justices may order force to be used, if necessary, to carry out such order. (d) The Metropolitan District is defined in the schedule to the Act of 1874 as "the City of London or the liberties thereof, or any parish or place for the time being subject to the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Board of Works, or within (a) 37 & 38 Vict. c. 49, s. 3. (b) As to sale on board boats moored within the metropolitan police district, see 5 & 6 Vict. c. 44, s. 5. (c) Form XXV. (d) 35 & 36 Vict. c. 94, s. 23; and see Newman v. E. of Hardwicke, 8 A. & E. 124. the area contained within a circle the radius of which is four miles from Charing-cross."(a) litan district and Metropoliof tan Police dis The following places are subject to the jurisdiction of the The Metropo Metropolitan Board of Works, and are enumerated in the schedules to the 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120, under sect. 249 which Act additions may be made. METROPOLITAN DISTRICT. Saint Marylebone. Saint George's, Hanover Square. St. Matthew, Bethnal Green. St. James, Westminster. St. James and St. John, Clerken- Kensington, St. Mary Abbot. St. Luke (Middlesex). Westminster District: St. Margaret. St. John the Evangelist. Greenwich District: St. Paul, Deptford, including St. Nicholas, Deptford. Wandsworth District: Clapham. Tooting Graveney. Streatham. St. Mary, Battersea, excluding St. George the Martyr, South- Putney, including Roehampton. wark. (a) The four mile radius from Charing Cross is used for the purpose of measuring distances under the Hackney Carriages Act [16 & 17 Vict. c. 127, s. 13]. trict. The places included in the Metropolitan Police District are enumerated in 10 Geo. 4, c. 44, by sect. 34 of which, and by sect. 2 of 2 & 3 Vict. c. 47, additions may be made. 66 The following is a list of places which are beyond the Metropolitan District and in the Metropolitan Police Dis trict Acton. Cheshunt. |