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Show Drunkards Are Now Blacklisted In London. Tho first notnble caso under tHe new licensing net, which went Into effect on tho 1st, enmo up In a London pollco court Frldny, when Sir Charles Allen Lawson, tho Anglo-Indian newspaper editor and writer, applied for. a surfj-mons surfj-mons against Lady Lawson, whom he described as nn habitual drunkard. Tho summons was granted. Tho now net enables cither husband or wifo to so-euro so-euro a separation In tho enso of hnblt-ual hnblt-ual drunkenness, and allows tho pollco to arrest an inebrlnto anywhere excopt in a prlvnto house, whether disorderly or noL After conviction tho drunkards aro blacklisted for three years. If they attempt to obtain drink during that time they aro liable to n flno, whllo tho publican supplying them Is fined $50 for the first offenso and $100 for tho second offenso. Imprisonment Is provided for drunkenness of a person per-son In chargo ot n child under 7 years of ago. |