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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]Hi, The wheelbarrow would be cheaper than a taxi! 4th August 1911 HEANOR POLICE Loscoe Landlord Fined. Woman Taken Home In A Wheelbarrow William Warren, landlord of the Sir John Warren Inn, Loscoe Grange, was charged at Heanor with permitting drunkenness on his premises on July 15th There was a second charge of selling drink to a drunken person on the same date. Mr J. Ormond prosecuted on behalf of the police, and Mr Arthur Barlow (Nottingham) represented the defendant. Mr Ormond, giving a brief summary of the case, said that about half-past nine on the date named Sergeant Holmes found a woman named Mrs Farmer, wife of Thomas Farmer, in a helplessly drunken condition not far from the Sir John Warren Inn. She was holding herself up against a wall, and he sent for a wheelbarrow, in which she was taken home. Sergeant Holmes and Inspector Stone subsequently went to the Inn and told the landlord, who said the woman must have had a lot of drink before coming to his house, and he would have to suffer for what others had done. Warren stated that he had been at the Sir John Warren over twelve years and had kept the house in every way respectable. He denied that the woman had had more than three pints between her husband and herself. Mary Warren, (daughter) spoke to seeing the woman Farmer leave the house at 9pm and said she was then quite sober. Witness thought the woman might be overcome with the heat. Amos Cresswell said he helped the sergeant to put her into the barrow. For the defence, Mr Barlow said the day in question was one of the hottest in the year, and it was quite feasible for a woman on emerging into the open air to be suddenly affected by the drink she had taken. The Chairman said the bench considered the charge proved, and the fine would be £2, with £2 4s costs. They hoped however, that Warren would not lose his license. A second charge of supplying the woman with drink while she was in a drunken condition was withdrawn. Mrs Farmer was then charged with being drunk, and was fined 2s 6d and costs. Her defence was that she was affected by the heat. Jenny[/quote]
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replied on: 8/23/2005 5:37:00 PM

Hi,
The wheelbarrow would be cheaper than a taxi!

4th August 1911
HEANOR POLICE
Loscoe Landlord Fined.
Woman Taken Home In A Wheelbarrow
William Warren, landlord of the Sir John Warren Inn, Loscoe Grange, was charged at Heanor with permitting drunkenness on his premises on July 15th There was a second charge of selling drink to a drunken person on the same date. Mr J. Ormond prosecuted on behalf of the police, and Mr Arthur Barlow (Nottingham) represented the defendant.
Mr Ormond, giving a brief summary of the case, said that about half-past nine on the date named Sergeant Holmes found a woman named Mrs Farmer, wife of Thomas Farmer, in a helplessly drunken condition not far from the Sir John Warren Inn. She was holding herself up against a wall, and he sent for a wheelbarrow, in which she was taken home. Sergeant Holmes and Inspector Stone subsequently went to the Inn and told the landlord, who said the woman must have had a lot of drink before coming to his house, and he would have to suffer for what others had done.
Warren stated that he had been at the Sir John Warren over twelve years and had kept the house in every way respectable. He denied that the woman had had more than three pints between her husband and herself.
Mary Warren, (daughter) spoke to seeing the woman Farmer leave the house at 9pm and said she was then quite sober. Witness thought the woman might be overcome with the heat.
Amos Cresswell said he helped the sergeant to put her into the barrow.
For the defence, Mr Barlow said the day in question was one of the hottest in the year, and it was quite feasible for a woman on emerging into the open air to be suddenly affected by the drink she had taken.
The Chairman said the bench considered the charge proved, and the fine would be £2, with £2 4s costs. They hoped however, that Warren would not lose his license.
A second charge of supplying the woman with drink while she was in a drunken condition was withdrawn. Mrs Farmer was then charged with being drunk, and was fined 2s 6d and costs. Her defence was that she was affected by the heat.

Jenny

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