An ACTs for Reformacion of Alehouse Keepers (1609)
| Artifact Summary | |
|---|---|
| Artifact type | Statute |
| Creator/author | Parliament of England |
| Date | 1609 |
| Period | Stuart |
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[Statutes of the Realm, Vol. IV, Part II, Anno 7o [& 8"] JACOBI, I. A.D.1609-10. [& 1610.], CHAPTER X.]
THERAS notw standing all former Lawes and Provisions already made, the inordinate and extreme Vice of excessive Drinking and Drunkennes doth more and more abound, to the greate Offence of Almightie God, and the wastefull Destruccion of Godf good Creatures: Bee it enacted by the Authoritie of this psent Parliament, That if any pson being an Alehouse Keeper (after Six Weekes next ensuyng this psent Session of Parliament) shall be lawfully convicted for any Offence or Offences, comitted against any of the Branches of Two former Acte of Parliament made sithens the begynninge of this psent Parliament, the one intituled An Act to restraine the inordinate haunting and tipling in Innes Alehowses and other Victualing Howses, the other intituled An Act against the odious and loathsome synne of Drunkennes, that then every pson or psons so convicted shall for the Space of Three Yeeres next ensuyng the said Conviccion be utterly disabled to keepe any such Alehowse
Alebouse-keeper convicted of ay Offrace under Statutes 4 Jac. L... shall be ince pacitated for Three Year
