It frequently issued orders to Justices of the Peace, for instance to investigate riots and crimes, to enforce the statutes against vagrancy and illegal games, to regulate alehouses, to ensure that butchers, innkeepers, and victualers did not sell meat on fish days, and to gather information needed from the counties.
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S. A. Reilly
About 1754 only innkeepers, victualers, and vendors paying rent of at least 200 shillings could sell gin at retail.
"Our Legal Heritage"
S. A. Reilly