Alleged sale of drink during prohibited hours: Mr. R. Hole, of the Turk’s Head, Newton, was before the Newton Magistrates on Tuesday charged with selling liquor during prohibited hours on August 23rd. … Mr. Hutchings for the defence contended that the men that were present were there on business, two having come to get vegetables from a garden behind the defendant’s and which was rented separately from that of the licenced premises, of Mr. J. Pinsent who was the owner of the whole. The only means of getting to the orchard was through the yard. … it would have to be proved that liquor was supplied and paid for … Mr. Pinsent was then called and stated that he was the owner of the public house as well as the garden and orchard behind the latter, did not belong to the licensed premises and was let out quite separately, although to get to it a person would have to pass through the defendant’s yard. Edwin Bowden, a mason living at Highweek, stated that he rented a portion of the garden and on the Sunday in Question he went there to get some vegetables, and on his return, he had some conversation with the landlord. He emphatically denied that there was any cup there or that any liquor had been supplied to any one of them … the Bench after retiring for a few minutes returned to court and dismissed the case on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence to convict.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901