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The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], The capture of the Henry Lewis. (search)
Dramatic Recreations. --There were no less than six cases on the Mayor's book yesterday, against White & Riley, proprietors of the bar-rooms at the Theatre, for selling ardent spirits without a license, and for dispensing the same to the thirsty multitude after 10 o'clock, P. M. A prolonged investigation took place, and the allegations were abundantly proved; and though the testimony possessed no interesting features, we feel justified in devoting some little space to the attendant circumstances, since the Theatre is an institution of popular resort, and hence the people are interested in its judicious guidance. The defence set up was that the proprietors of the barrooms offended through ignorance of the law, and that many persons came to the Theatre drunk, ergo, they were not made drunk there. The Mayor held that it was the duty of every one to keep posted in the law, and that ignorance furnished no palliation of the offence. Liquor had been sold at the theatre for many