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Baker's Australian county atlas [cartographic material] : dedicated
by the publisher to Sir T.L. Mitchell ... showing the various parishes,
townships, grants, purchases and unlocated lands. 1843 - 1846. MAP RaA
8. Part 4.
William Matthews was a publican in Darlington in 1838 possibly at
St. John's Tavern. (20)
In 1841 St. John's
Tavern - 'that well known house, situated at
Darlington, Patrick Plains and possessing every
convenience for carrying on a first rate trade in
the public line' was advertised to be let. Immediate
possession was offered.
(8)
In 1846 Michael McCann who was employed as an
out door servant by
Walter Rotton
was sentenced to hard labour for six weeks after he stole a pint pot of
brandy from the tap at the hotel.
Walter Rotton had left his brother
John Rotton
in charge of the Inn in his absence and McCann had taken the opportunity
to steal the brandy
(9)
John Singleton
was the next innkeeper. Injured policeman Sergeant Edwards was
taken to the inn in April where he was treated by
Dr. Glennie.
(53) John Singleton's wife gave birth to a
daughter at Darlington in September 1847 while they
were still at the Inn.
(10)
Bourn Russell
junior who married a daughter of Benjamin Singleton, took over St. John's Tavern in 1848.
(11)
however left for the California gold fields in 1849
(21)
The Inn was known as the
Prince of Wales Inn
in 1849 when James Briggs became publican
'A pigeon match
and race for a saddle will take place at the Prince
of Wales Inn, Darlington on St. Patrick's Day. The
pigeon match will be for a pony, entrance for which
will be in all Four Pounds; and the saddle of best
quality to be run for by all horses except those
known on the turf.
James Briggs over the
river from Singleton'.
(12)
James Briggs had two charges brought against him
under the Licensing Act. In October 1850, he was charged with failing to
keep good order in his house by allowing a certain woman to be
improperly dealt with. The evidence of constable Joseph Davis (which
could not be published) was that he found women drinking and making a
noise in Mr. Brigg's house and knowing one of these women to be a
woman of loose character, who had recently
left he gaol, he cautioned Mr. Briggs as to allowing her to be on his
premises. The following afternoon Davis returned to the house, and again
in the evening, and on both occasions he found this woman there, very
drunk and he described what he observed, and what passed. The
bench convicted Briggs, reminding him that this was the second
conviction against his house. He was fined
£10 and
costs.(53)
(It was possibly this
James Briggs who arrived as a convict on the Speke in 1821. He was
assigned to John Bull in 1828 and received a ticket of leave for the
district of Patrick Plains in January of that year although it was later
cancelled for disorderly conduct.)
In October 1849 Robert Hardy obtained a certificate
for a publican's general license for the Prince of
Wales Inn and renamed it the 'Freemason's Arms'.
(12)MM 10 March 1849
(20)SC 7 November 1838
(21) MM 21 July 1849
(53) MM 3 April 1847
(53)MM 27 July 1850
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