Report from the Committee on the State of the Police of the Metropolis; With the Minutes of Evidence and an Appendix, Containing Abstracts of the ... Proceedings of the Common Council of the CI - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1816. Excerpt: ... away. It appears to me that the law as it at present subsistswhich gives the Magistrates the power of licensing, ought to be left as it is. Do yon not think that a regulation might be derised and penalties levied for misconduct that would answer all the purposes that are now gained by the power which the Magistrates possess, and which they can only execute once a year, leaving the trade of public-houses as open as the trade of butchers and bakers?--I think there cannot be a doubt of that; the power only to be exer. cised once a year is too tardy and too unfrequent an opportunity of correcting many abuses that certainly arc in public-hoes; many abuses must occur whioh require immediate redress, and we are particularly earnest in preventing their repetition, and not tin frequently do wc admonish them of the immediate interest they have of well-regulating their houses, for any repeated misconduct would certainly hazard the loss of their licences. But as a general answer to your question, certainly ingenuity and philanthrophy may establish power, and that power may be established with penalties that may be productive of some advantage; but I believe it is a general opinion, that we cannot have a better system than what we have at present. How many publicans are there in London?--Mr. Colquhoun has formed some calculation upon that subject; but I cannot Say, myself, as to the accuracy of it. I should think they are rather more than the number he states it at, 6000. Is it then your opinion, that it would be much for the public interest if Magistrates had a power or some means of control over the public-houses, beyond what they have now, once a year only, on the licensing day?--I can only answer that question as I have done before; I think that there should be a ...
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