[Debate on drunkenness and alcohol licensing in Liverpool.].

Date:
[1876?]
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Credit: [Debate on drunkenness and alcohol licensing in Liverpool.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LIVERPOOL MAGISTRATES versus PUBLIC-HOUSES. The Liverpool Magistrates HAYE the discretionary power,™ I—MUSIC HALLS:— To take away the License from every Public-House to which is attached a Music Hall or Singing Saloon, II.—BACK AND SIDE DOORS:- To order the closing up of Back and Side Boors of Public- Houses and Gin-Palaces, or refuse the renewal of Licenses to tenants non-complying. (As the Glasgow Magistrates have done,)1 MI.-EXTENDED PREMISES:— To stop the Extension of Premises by Licensed Victuallers, now so flagrantly practised in this town. IV. —PLURALITY OF LICENSES:— To give notice to every Publican and Brewer, with more than One License, to choose at once the House he wishes to be Licensed for. and to order the withdrawal of all others on the Licensing day. (As the Dundee Magistrates have done.) V. THIEVES AND PROSTITUTES To give notice to every Publican and Beer-House Keeper, whose House is the resort of Thieves and Prostitutes, that unless the House is properly conducted for the future, the License will he withdrawn at the next Licensing Session, (This has already been done effectually by the Luton Magistrates.) VI—TRANSFERS :— To refuse the Transfer of License to any hut the person to whom-shall have been bona fide conveyed the interest in the occupation or keeping of such house.