# Taxation Act 1700, Section XIV: No Brandy, &c. to be sold by retail, without Licence.


Retailers subject to Penalties as Alehouse Keepers; Justices, &c. to have the same Jurisdiction over them.
And be it enacted by the Authority foresaid That no Person or Persons whatsoever shall from and after the Nine and twentieth Day of September One thousand seven hundred and one sell Brandy or other distilled Liquors by retail to be drank in his her or their House or Houses but such Persons only as shall be thereunto licensed and allowed in the same manner as common Alehousekeepers and every Person or Persons so selling Brandy or other distilled Liquors by retail as aforesaid shall be subject to the same Rules Penalties and Forfeitures for selling Drink without License as common Alehousekeepers now are And the several Justices of the Peace of this Kingdom and other Officers are hereby impowred and authorized to exercise the same Jurisdiction Powers and Authorities over such Retailers of Brandy and other distilled Liquors which they now have or exercise over common Alehousekeepers by any Law or Statute whatsoever.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/12-13/11/section/XIV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-act-1700/section-XIV
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