Application for a Transfer of License: Mr. Creed, on behalf of Messrs. Pinsent and Co., owners of the Victory Inn, West Teignmouth, which has recently been demolished the Great western Railway Company opening up the tunnel, applied to have the license transferred to a corner house near the site of the old one. Mr. Lewis Galsworthy had occupied the old Victory Inn for about 15 years, and he was to become the tenant of the new house. No complaint had ever been made against the home or the manner in which the business had been conducted. It was not a new license that he asked for, only the transfer from one house that had been demolished under powers which the owner had no control to that of an adjoining house, and he was surprised to find that it was going to be opposed. He called Mr. Chudleigh, who produced the plan of the new premises, and pointed out the superior accommodation over that of the old inn. Mr. Hacker (instructed by Mr. Samuel Churchill, of Teignmouth) opposed the application on behalf the Church England Temperance Society and produced a memorial signed by the Vicars of the two parishes and all the other ministers, and about 150 ratepayers and owners’ property against the granting of the license on the grounds its being detrimental to the adjacent property, and to the peace and morals of the inhabitants. He pointed out that there are already 30 licensed houses in Teignmouth to about 7,000 inhabitants, and that consequently no other inn was needed. The Bench, after long consideration, decided to refuse the license.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901