PUBLICANS IN OLD TIME.
The publican was' bound to sell a full quart of the best ale for one penny. If he gave short measure he was fined twenty shillings; and if l;e allowed tippliiig in his house he Was fined ten shillings; end such"finesthe coristablo was ordered to levy by distress. Again, any person found tippling in his house wus lined three-arid fourpence, and any person drunk, five shillings; and if the tippler could not pay his fine he was compelled to undergo six hours of that contemplating a sobering confine ment. But there is still worse behind ; if any publican sold ale without a he was to forfeit twenty shillings, and if he cculd not pay, or had no goods of ids own to be restrained, he was to bo openly whipped by the constable; and if the constable was to refuse to whip him, he (the constable) was to he sent to gaol, there to remain until he had paid forty shillings to the use of the poor of the parish. ( astly, if a publican refused to entertain a traveller proffering payment for his entertainment, the constable waste indict him for the same at the quarter sessions, and get him fined or imprisoned. Imagine if you can, how such relations would be relished by the Bonifaces of the present day.— Leisure Hour.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 758, 27 October 1876, Page 4
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