Hi All Being as its a mite quiet lately I thought a snippet might be in order. From the 1911 Sheffield Independent newspaper (index at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~engsheffield/g_piper/ind.htm ) --------------------------------------------- Woman Smoker Sheffield Landlord Fined for permitting drunkeness. For permitting drunkeness on his premises, The Ball Inn, Campo Lane, on May 20th a publican named Thomas Morgan was fined 40s (£2) and costs yesterday in Sheffield Police Court. Mr J Varley prosecuted and the defence was in the hands of Mr J E Wing. Mr Varley stated that on the evening of 20th May the house was visited three times. On one occasion PCs 116 Burkinshaw accompanied by two constables found an unknown man drunk. The landlord adopted a somewhat defiant attitude and said "You cant keep a house like a church" and other such things. Later the same evening the policemen returned. They found in the dram shop a woman, sitting on the floor with her back to a partition which separated the dram shop from the bar, in a drunken condition and talking incoherently. They went out and on returning again, found the landlord trying to get the woman out. She was taken away and charged with being drunk. It was with reference to this woman that the case was brought. Mr Varley stated that the woman was unable to walk out of the house without assistance. For the defence, Mr J E Scorah who was conducting the case in Mr Wings absence contended that the woman was not drunk, but was sitting on her heels smoking. The landlord had held a licence for eleven years and only one complaint had been lodged against him. ------------------------------------------------- So, nearly a 100 years later and nothings changed then ................................. <lol> Regards Gordon List Admin (in Sheffield) Sheffield Genealogy Website : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~engsheffield -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 18/03/2005