The Times, August 26, 1947

 

BREACHES OF LICENSING LAWS

COUNTRY CLUB STRUCK OFF REGISTER

 

Breaches of Licensing Laws

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Abergele, Denbighshire, magistrates yester- day imposed fines totaling £2,081 on the 60 summonses found proved during last week's bearing in which the prosecution alleged breaches of the licensing laws at ‘Kinmel Hall, a residential ‘and osteopathic clinic which is also the address of the Kinmel Hall Country Club. The RHEUMA SPA, LIMITED were fined a total-of £765;

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Mrs. MARY ELIZABETH JOHNSON, a director, was fined £810; her husband, DR. CLARENCE LEROY JOHNSON, another director, was fined £398; and CHARLES HARCOURT HENDERSON, manager of Kinmel Hall, was fined £108. It was announced that the costs, totaling £1,050, would be apportioned among the defendants in proportion to their fines.

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Twenty summonses were withdrawn during the five days, and 19 adjourned sine die. Counsel for the defence said that an appeal would be entered at the quarter sessions against the convictions and penalties.

 

The magistrates then heard an application to strike off the register the country club located at the hall. They ordered that the country club, which has a membership of 700, be struck off the register, and ordered that no registered club should be accommodated at Kinmel Hall for 12 months. The magistrates awarded a total of £800 towards the cost of the police prosecution and £250 towards Customs and Excise prosecution. The case against James Snelson, a former hall porter for Rheuma- Spa, Limited, summoned, for selling whisky without a licence, was dismissed on payment of four shillings costs.