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Jolly Collier InnThe Jolly Collier Inn, Two Gates18th April 1903 - At the Warwickshire Quarter Sessions last week (as already reported briefly), John Spooner, tenant of the Jolly Collier Inn, Two Gates, Wilnecote, appealed against the refusal of the Tamworth Magistrates to renew his license.-- Mr. Parfitt and Mr. Joy were for the justices. and Mr. Young, K.C, and Mr. McCardie for the appellant.-- Mr. Parfitt said the license was objected to on the ground that the premises were not structurally adapted, and were not required. There were three other full-licenses and an off-license within about 350 yards, and the population was only 263. The Tamworth magistrates were equally divided on the subject. and as they refused to adjourn, the refusal of the license was a necessary consequence.--P.s. Harrison gave evidence as to the low ceilings of the inn, and said the accommodation was considerably worse than at other licensed houses in the place. -- Cross examined: Witness admitted that the appellant signified his willingness to the Tamworth Bench to build a new house if the license were renewed.--Mr. Young urged that the appellant should be allowed to bring the house up to the standard required saying that no previous warning had been given him to do so. He called the owner of the house, Mr. Freeland, to state that he was willing to carry out any alterations which were thought necessary,--Mr. Parfitt: I have no doubt that what was at the bottom of the minds of the magistrates was that the place was a bad one, and should be altered.--The Chairman said the Court had come to the conclusion, considering what had taken place at the licensing meeting that the ought to allow the appeal and grant the license for this year, with a view to the whole question of structure and surroundings being reconsidered by the Tamworth justices. They took it that, before the license expired, the whole question would have been considered by the justices and they presumed that what the latter required with regard to the structure and surroundings would be complied with. If the Court found next year that the justices' requirements had not been complied with the state of affairs would be very different.
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