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'''The Running Horse''' was | '''The Running Horse''' was a gay pub in Shepherd's Market, London. It had been under police surveillance since 1933. SDI Gavin said: | ||
:"...men of an effeminate nature do regularly use the house... [who] may be of sodomist tendencies... [But here is] nothing taking place... to which the police can take exception. The appearance of these effeminately-dressed young men may be repugnant to certain people but their conduct... is suchthat no objection can be taken."<ref name=MH>[[Matt Houlbrook]], ''[[Queer London]]'', page 77.</ref> | |||
The police had never prosecuted a landlord, preferring to indict individuals caught in the act. But the Canadian Military and Admiralty complained and the police were compelled to caution the landlord on section 44 of the 1939 Metropolitan Police Act (MPA): willfully and knowingly permitting disorderly conduct. When the landlord failed to comply with the ban on drunkenness and serving on cited importuners, he was prosecuted, convicted, fined and the pub was shut down in spring 1937. | The police had never prosecuted a landlord, preferring to indict individuals caught in the act. But the Canadian Military and Admiralty complained and the police were compelled to caution the landlord on section 44 of the 1939 Metropolitan Police Act (MPA): willfully and knowingly permitting disorderly conduct. When the landlord failed to comply with the ban on drunkenness and serving on cited importuners, he was prosecuted, convicted, fined and the pub was shut down in spring 1937. | ||
The Met had established a precedent, from now on they used the MPA to prosecute proprietors and not the clientele who were more expensive to take action against. The MPA was used against pubs like the [[Fitzroy Tavern]], [[White Horse]], [[Billy's Snack Bar]] on Bouchin Street and the [[Ham Yard Café]]. | The Met had established a precedent, from now on they used the MPA to prosecute proprietors and not the clientele who were more expensive to take action against. The MPA was used against pubs like the [[Fitzroy Tavern]], [[White Horse]], [[Billy's Snack Bar]] on Bouchin Street and the [[Ham Yard Café]].<ref name=MH /> | ||
See [[Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs]]. | See [[Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs]]. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:West End]] | [[Category:West End]] | ||
[[Category:Pubs and bars]] | [[Category:Pubs and bars]] | ||
Revision as of 23:32, 10 September 2013
The Running Horse was a gay pub in Shepherd's Market, London. It had been under police surveillance since 1933. SDI Gavin said:
- "...men of an effeminate nature do regularly use the house... [who] may be of sodomist tendencies... [But here is] nothing taking place... to which the police can take exception. The appearance of these effeminately-dressed young men may be repugnant to certain people but their conduct... is suchthat no objection can be taken."[1]
The police had never prosecuted a landlord, preferring to indict individuals caught in the act. But the Canadian Military and Admiralty complained and the police were compelled to caution the landlord on section 44 of the 1939 Metropolitan Police Act (MPA): willfully and knowingly permitting disorderly conduct. When the landlord failed to comply with the ban on drunkenness and serving on cited importuners, he was prosecuted, convicted, fined and the pub was shut down in spring 1937.
The Met had established a precedent, from now on they used the MPA to prosecute proprietors and not the clientele who were more expensive to take action against. The MPA was used against pubs like the Fitzroy Tavern, White Horse, Billy's Snack Bar on Bouchin Street and the Ham Yard Café.[1]
See Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs.
References
<references>
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matt Houlbrook, Queer London, page 77.