BONIFACE IN THE OLDEN TIMES.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 102, 24 December 1879, Page 2

BONIFACE IN THE OLDEN TIMES.

And apropos of publicans, it js interesting to know that notwithstanding his numerous admitted grievances at. the present time, Boniface has considerably " the pull " of .his brethren of one hundred {years ago. Bqt if the conditions, pressed hard upon him, they must haye- been; halcyon .days for the toper, inasmuch as the was compelled to sell a full^quartLbjf the. bast ale for a pen/iy. Jf Be; gave ShortF measure he was fined twenty shillings ; and if ho allowed tippling in his house he was fnied ten shillings. Again,, any person foqnd tippling in his, bouse was fined three 1 and fourpence ; and if drunk, five shillings. If the tippler could not pay his fine, the constable was. to put him in the stocks fpr fpur hours, and if the drunkard could not dlsg&rge he had to undergo six hours of that^contemplat-ve and sobering oonfine-' mont, $ttt tn.ere.-ia still worse behind-. I*f

a publican.aqld ale without a proper license, hVwas to forfeit twenty shillings; and if he had no goods of his own to be distrained on, he was to be openly whipped by the constable; and if the constable refused* to whip 'him, 1.9 (the constable): was to be sent gaol, there to remain until.' he had paid forty .shillings 'to the poor of . the parish. Imagine, if you. can, -bew such regulations would he. relished, by the Bonifaces of the pi^entday. „,' . , .