Nor could I prevent men who came with bottles, and purchased whisky, from drinking it where they pleased; consequently I was often called to answer to such complaints.
One morning a man entered my store and called for liquor, which the clerk gave him.

After drinking it, he went directly to the office of A.House, Esq., and entered a complaint against the clerk who had served him; then stepped out for consultation with his counsel.

At that moment I arrived at the office of the magistrate to whom I immediately made complaint against myself, relating to him also just how the event happened.

In a few minutes the original complainant returned, to whom 'Squire House explained that he should have arraigned the proprietor of the store, and not the clerk as he had done.

Determined on making a speculation, however, he demanded a precept for myself.