#public drinking

Apparently they're cracking down on drinking at Duke before the game with North Carolina. (Final score Duke 13 NC 3)

“Police Call Is His Bad Luck,” Border Cities Star. February 17, 1932. Page 5. ---- AT ‘PUBLIC PLACE’ ---- Alfred Taylor Fined Beer Is Found ---- Alfred Taylor, of Apartment 5, 121 London street east, was fined $217.50 in Windsor Police Court this morning on a charge of having liquor in a place which had been declared public" two weeks ago when he was convicted for violating a clause of the Liquor Control Act. His plea that he did not know of the ruling was not entertained by Magistrate Brodie. 

At noon Taylor had not paid his fine. If he is not able to collect the amount set he will be forced to accept a three-month Jail term. 

Charges against Dorothy, his wife, and James McCrea, of a local hotel, who were found Monday night drinking beer in the place, were thrown out. McCrea said he did not know the apartment was a public place. 

The three were arrested Monday night when Sergeants Pero and Herod went to Inspect the premises with the object of reporting to the Attorney-General's Department on conditions found there. A request had been forwarded to lift the ban imposed by Magistrate Brodie. 

“Drink in Market; They Repent in Cells,” Border Cities Star. February 17, 1932. Page 3. ---- ‘Righteous’ Citizen's Tip Results in Arrest Of Three Men ---- ‘A PLACE for everything and everything in its place,’ is a good old maxim and if three young men had been guided thereby last night they would not have been forced to sleep In Windsor police station cells. They should not have selected the municipal market as a beer parlor. It was one of the wrong places. 

They did choose to drink their beer at the market, an act which roused the ire of a righteous citizen. The police were called and when the affair was over the three registered for the night were Arthur Tobin, 22, of 120 Pierre avenue, Thomas Richardson, 23, of the British American Hotel, and Charles James McNair, 31, of 161 Sandwich street west. They were booked on a charge of having liquor In a place other than a private dwelling. 

When the call was received, Constables Dave Beckett and Ray Goyeau manned a scout car. They debarked at the market and approaching stealthily, perceived the young men, each with a bottle titled and exhibiting signs that they relished the beverage which gurgled down their throats. 

But they were not so absorbed that they did not see the officers approaching. When they did, they immediately took to their heels. Tobin reached for his pockets and started shedding beer bottles. One fell to the pavement and crashed, but another remained intact and will make splendid evidence, the officers say. 

Tobin and McNair were captured while Richardson got away. Forced to be content with what they had, the officers placed Tobin and McNair aboard the scout car and started for the station. Just as they were passing the rectory of All Saints' Church, the constables heard a clinking sound and, turning around, they saw that the two they had arrested were busily engaged in throwing more bottles overboard. The car was stopped and further investigation revealed one more bottle on the floor boards of the car. That apparently exhausted the supply. 

The route to the station was continued and after Tobin and McNair were safely put away. Constable Goyeau returned to the rectory grounds to gather up the bottles. There he found Richardson gathering them up, so he was also brought to the station.