Drunk at Denaby

Charles Rowley was brought up charged with being helplessly drunk outside the Denaby Main Hotel on the 27 inst.

PC Ambler stated that on the date in question he was on duty outside the Denaby Main hotel when he saw the defendant come out of that hostelry in a very intoxicated condition, and he did not walk more than half a dozen steps before he fell down.

He sent PC Jarvis, who was with him, to pick him up, and the defendant was taken away by a friend of his named Joseph Day.

Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s and 5s 6d costs.

Unfortunate Case against the Landlord of the New Denaby Main Hotel

William Atkinson, landlord of the Denaby Main hotel, was summoned for allowing drunkenness on his premises. This case was brought against him by the police for allowing the defendant in the previous case to be drunk on his premises.

PC Ambler stated that at 2:10 on the same day he was on duty outside the Denaby Main hotel, when he saw the defendant in the last case, out. He went into the house and saw the landlord, told him the man had been in there, and moreover was drunk in there. The landlord asked where the man had been, and witness replied that he had just seen him come out of the hotel. The landlord asked him if he had spoken to the waiter, as he had been very busy behind the bar.

Witness therefore had the waiter called, and admitted he had served the man with some whiskey and beer.

Mr Hall, defendant, contended that a man was not responsible for the action of his servant, said that on the date in question the landlord had been in another wing of the hotel, which is a large hotel, attending to his wife, who is confined, and he did not see the man come in, nor did he know that he have been served with drink.

The Bench fined defendant 20 shillings and 7s 6d costs, and declined to endorse the licence.