REFRESHING CANDOUR
"I wonrt tell any lies; I supplied the liquor. It is all a gamble, and I took a chance," said "John Scriven., the licensee of- the Royal Tiger Hotel, to a sergeant of the police and a constable who. had entered his premises and found five men there. Scriven pleaded guilty before Mr. E. Page, S.M., to-day to selling liquor after hours.
Senior-Sergeant Ward said that, seeing a man ringing the door bell of the hotel, the police walked over. The man made off, but the licensee, just as the police arrived, opened ihe door. The police entered, and in a room found, five men, three with glasses of liquor in front, of them and the other two with empty glasses. "We have had no previous complaints about the conduct of this hotel," concluded the senior-sergeant. The defendant was fined £5. George Coulson, George Herbert- Hercomb, Rich'" ard Murphy, and John Louden, four of the men found on the premises, were each fined £2 and costs, and the other man, Thomas Marlin, who appeared and admitted that he went into the hotel for a drink, was fined £1 and the costs.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 131, 29 November 1929, Page 13
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193REFRESHING CANDOUR Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 131, 29 November 1929, Page 13
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