From The Cork Examiner, 14 August 1878 - MALLOW PETTY SESSIONS--TUESDAY. ------------ THE presiding magistrates at these sessions to-day were--Mr. N. W. Ware (chairman), Lieutenant-Colonel Williamson, Captain Coote, R.M., and Mr. G. Gallagher. A CAUTION TO PUBLICANS. Sub-constable M'Cormack charged a publican named James Boland, Main Street, for having on the night of the 7th inst., refused him admission to his licensed premises. The sub-constable deposed that on the night in question his attention was attracted to Boland's house by light, and heard voices there. He heard parties inside as if they were drawing porter ; he knocked at the door, and was refused admission ; he was knocking at the door from twelve o'clock to twenty minutes to one in the morning ; when he knocked at first the talk was discontinued. Captain Coote--This is one of the worst cases I ever heard. Sub-constable M'Cormack--There were several parties upstairs who were apparently drunk. Captain Coote said this was not the first offence which had been brought against this house. James Boland, the defendant, deposed that on the night of the 7th inst. there were no persons in his house but lodgers. He did not know that the police were at his door. Margaret Boland, the wife of the defendant, deposed that she heard knocking at the door, but she did not know that it was the police who were at the door. He was fined £3 and costs, the conviction to be recorded on the license. Miss Hannah Connell, publican, an old offender under the Licensing Act, was charged for having given drink to a woman who had been "under the influence" at the time. The charge against the defendant, who did not appear, was proved by Sub-constable Wallace, who stated that her house was very badly conducted. She was fined £1 and costs, the conviction to be recorded on the license. Sub-constable Champ charged a farmer from Glounthane, named Jeremiah Callaghan, with having been drunk and disorderly. He was fined 10s. 6d. and costs, in default fourteen days' imprisonment. The court was for a considerable time hearing cases of petty assaults and abusive language. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -