The first set mostly refer to pissed-up punters.
2.—As to Public Order.
Offences.-Any licence holder is guilty of an offence against the Licensing Acts and renders himself liable to a penalty not exceeding on a first conviction £10, and on a second or any subsequent conviction £20, who by himself or by his servants acting within the general scope of their employment does any of the following things:—
(1) Selling to Drunken Person.—Sells any intoxicating liquor to any drunken person. Note.—If the person to whom the liquor is sold is in fact drunken the offence is committed whether the person by whom the liquor was sold knew him to be drunken or not.
Brewers' Almanack 1915, page 305.
To put those fines into context, a pint of Mild cost 2d. Ten quid, then, was the equivalent 240 1,200 pints of Mild. Quite a sum.
More about drunks.
(2) Selling to Habitual Drunkard.-Knowingly sells or supplies any intoxicating liquor to or for the consumption of any person, notice of whose conviction has been sent to the police authority under Section 6 of the Act of 1902 within three years of the date of such conviction.
(3) Permitting Drunkenness.-Permits drunkenness to take place on his licensed premises. Note.—Where a licensed person is charged with this offence, and it is proved that any person was drunk on his premises, the presumption will at once be raised that the fact of the drunkenness was known or connived at by the licensed person or by the person left by him in charge of the premises, and that presumption cannot be rebutted unless the licensed person proves that he and the persons employed by him took all reasonable steps for preventing drunkenness on the premises.
If the drunkenness is on the part of a lodger on the licensed premises, or of a private friend of the licence holder, the licence holder will still be liable to conviction; and it is immaterial whether the drunkenness takes place before or after closing time.
(4) Permitting Disorder.—Permits any violent, quarrelsome, or riotous conduct to take place on his licensed premises.
Brewers' Almanack 1915, page 306.
You get the idea. The authorities really didn't like the plebs getting pissed up and causing trouble. Those killjoy bastards.
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As far as I’m aware it’s still technically an offence to serve someone who is already drunk, but how this could ever be enforced, or how many pubs and bars would still be viable if it were, is a mystery.
I was looking for the no cell phones in the pub rule.
I wonder how they defined drunkeness in court ? Must have been fairly loosely, otherwise temperance sympathetic policemen could have closed down every pub in England.
Jane Godley had a bit in a sketch about how do you tell an enormous, rough, drunk Glaswegian that he can't have another pint, because that in itself might cause a different offence to be caused.
Exactly John - what was drunk? Merry? Lairy? Dribbling wreck?
In Australia all bar staff have to undergo an RSA (responsible service of alcohol) course, and it's an offence to serve someone who is clearly rat arsed.
Unless of course you are the deputy leader of the Federal opposition who was filmed lying in the street.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/was-barnaby-joyce-s-roadie-a-step-too-far-20240214-p5f4wl.html
Is "rat arsed" a term used in the RSA instructions?
Same in Ireland.
Oscar
Interesting that a ban on serving people who are drunk has been around for 111 years.
Oscar
Putting those fines in context, with Mild selling for 2d a pint and 240d in a pound, ten quid would buy 1200 pints.
"To put those fines into context, a pint of Mild cost 2d. Ten quid, then, was the equivalent 240 pints of Mild. Quite a sum." There was 240 pence in a pound, isn't that correct? So if a pint of mild was 2d in 2015, then there are 120 pints to a pound? Or 1,200 pints in £10?
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