Report of the Committee on Intemperance for the Convocation of the Province of York, presented and received.

Church of England. Province of York. Convocation. Committee on Intemperance.

Date:: 1874

Credit: Report of the Committee on Intemperance for the Convocation of the Province of York, presented and received. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Qy. Do you consider that the trnusfer to the mttgist'liti'f of 'he jxiwer of JiceusiuK iluov- Shops has beeu beneficial or otlier«ise ? the effect of closing Public-Houses aiul Beer-Housea for mis- conduct. Crime has diminished in a remarkable -way, as Beer- Houses have been suppressed:— BEEEHOUSES. FELONIES. Dates. Nos. Dates. Nos. 30tli April, 1867. 52 October, 1866 to April 18C7. 55 „ 1868. 55 1867 to „ 1868. 61 1869. 49 1868 to ,, 1869. 62 „ 1870. 39 1869 to „ 1870. 18 Other offences have decreased in like j)roportion, and the decrease is still going on. I may add that the L bench are deter- mined to suppress crime, and are uniformly strict in dealing with pubUcans. The superintendent and his j)olice are most efficient, and deserve the greatest credit for the way in which they have carried out the orders of their magistrates.—57. 2489. Yes ; but on the decrease, through the operation of the Habitual Criminals' Act and the Beer-House Act, by which a number of Beer-Houses have been closed in consequence of reports made by the police.—112. 2490. Intemperance is certainly on the decrease in this district, a fact greatly due to the increased restrictions enforced by the magistrates (under the recent acts) in granting licences to Public and Beer-House keepers. I may add that the district is a purely agi-icultural one.—118. 2491. On the decrease, owing to the Beer-House licences bemg now under the control of the magistrates.—120. 2492. Piather on the decrease, o\\dng to the Beer-House Act of 18f59 gi'V'ing the poHce power to summon any person found drinking during prohibited houi-s, as well as the landlord.—160. 2493. It is on the decrease, owing to recent Beer-House legi.slation,—165. 2494. Decreasing here, owing, I think, to the oftbrts made by the clergy, magistrates, and others to check it.—219. 2495. There is a steady annual decrease, which is partly attributable to police supervision, and partly to the tem]>eranoe movement.—221.$