| Licensees : |
ROBERT T. KILLETT
(& wife Matilda)
Age 56 in 1871 |
1863 - 1872 |
| Fine of 5s on Monday 11th
September 1865 for having house open at an illegal hour on the previous
day. |
| HANNAH BUSHEL |
1874 |
GEORGE HOLT
& wife SARAH
( Sarah is given as a shopkeeper on George Street in 1879) |
1875 - 1878 |
Described 22nd August 1878 as the worst
conducted house in town. The resort of convicted thieves and bad
characters. If a thief was wanted, this would be the first house to be
searched. "The landlady sat down nine times out of ten to play cards and
the husband did not work - no respectable person ever visited the
house".
Licence renewal deferred to the next licensing meeting. |
| FREDERICK
LEGGETT |
1879 - *1883 |
| J. PALMER |
1886 |
| WILLIAM
HARMER |
1888 |
FREDERICK LEGGETT
See opposite |
1888 - 1893 |
| Monday 31st December 1888 - Fine of £1
and costs for selling out of hours. Mrs. Leggett, dressed in men's
clothes, had been observed by Pc Burgess to pass a jug of beer to a
woman standing by the side door. Although no money was seen to change
hands, the mistake was to offer the policeman a tot of rum. |
| 12th June 1889 - Fine of 40s and 30s
costs for having house illegally open for the sale of intoxicating
liquor on Saturday 25th May. Police officers secreted in Row 25
had observed two women having jugs of beer handed to them from a side
door, during prohibited hours. |
| Licence renewal refused Friday 23rd
August 1889. Refusal based upon June conviction and the report that Mrs
Leggett was said to have committed perjury at the December 1888 court. |
| Convicted of selling cider to a drunken
person on 13th December 1892. |
| GEORGE ROWLAND |
19.09.1893 |
| JOHN KERRISON |
22.01.1897 |
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(Alfred Houghton, brother of Mrs. Matilda Killett, was fined 40s on
Tuesday 27th September 1870 for abusing and threatening her.)
Advertised To be Sold, during September 1876.
A well-known Beer House, in full trade.
In occupation of Mr. George Holt.
House sold 7th September 1876 for £550.
The
licence of Fred Leggett was refused according to the Norfolk Chronicle of 24th August
1889, but he is listed in 1890, 1892 and to September 1893
as licensee at this address.
Frederick Leggett applied for a music licence on Thursday 23rd April
1891 - Granted.
On Tuesday 19th September 1893 it was heard that the
house had been conducted by Fred Leggett for some years, during which
time he had been convicted three times. The Saddler's Arms was said to
be the haunt of prostitutes, thieves and low characters. The Chief
Constable said he would oppose issue of licence to Mr. Leggett but had
no objection to the new tenant proposed, Mr. Rowland, who he knew to be
a very respectable man. Licence granted to Mr. Rowland.
Although found as a beerhouse to at least 1888,
it is recorded that the spirit licence was dropped
at the time of Morgans taking over from Cann & Co. (1894)
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