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THE DSEBRIATES' RETREAT.
We have been asked by Mr. W. M. Hugo to
publish the following statement: —
3S*ow that the Inebriates' Retreat is fairly
launched it u imDortant that the public should
be made aware how to proceed in applying the
Inebriates Act, No, 8 of 1874. For this purpose
the following information is submitted: —
1. How to obtain certificates to prevent
inebriates (or drunkards) from being .supplied
with intoxicating liquors. All the wife (or
husband), or any relative or friend has to do in
such case is to apply to any Justice for a
summons calling upon the offender to show
cause, before a 'Special Magistrate' or 'two
Justices of the Peace,' why a certificate should
not be issued (to be in force for 12 months) for
bidding any person to sell, give, or in any way
supply him (or her) with intoxicating liquor.
A copy of such certificate (when issued)
may' be served, if necessary, on every
dealer in liquors (or any other person)
in the colony either known or suspected
to encourage the * inebriate' in drinking. N.B.
— If it can be proved that any person thus
notified sells to or supplies in any way, orin
any quantity, the person named in the certifi
cate with intoxicating drink, by the Act, sec.
27, the offender is liable to p»y £5 for the first
offence, £10 for the second, and for the third,
if a person holding a licence, he will be deprived
thereof and will not thereafter be allowed to
hold a licence.
2. Voluntary application for admission into
the 'Retreat.'— First. If the patient be willing
to enter the ' Retreat,' all he has to do is to
give his consent in the presence of any Justice
of the Peace, who signs a printed form, to be
had of the Superintendent or any member of
the Committee of Management ; or if he does
not know any J.P. let Mm present himself at
the ' Retreat,' Belair, and a form will be pro
cured or he will be advised what steps to take.
This order, with a cheque or cash for the first
month's treatment, completes the case. . In doing
all this, not a penny expense need be incurred
or the slightest publicity caused. Second. If
the inebriate be not willing to enter the Retreat
a relative or ?'? friend' must apply to any Judge,
Special Magistrate, or two JJbVs for a summons.
On the day appointed in the summons the rela
tive, or friend, must prove his (or her) case;
that is, that the man or 'woman is an inebriate,
or an habitual drunkard. He must also produce
a statutory declaration, signed by two medical
men, that the person is a fit subject for curative
treatment in a Retreat- If the Judge, Special
Magistrate, or two J.P.'s be satisfied, he (or
they) signs the order for the person's reception
into the Retreat. - If the patient does not appear
the case can bu heard in his absence ; there is no
unnecessary exposure. But in general,the patient,
when he finds that his friends mean compulsion
prefers going voluntarily. In this case also a
cheque or cash for the amount must accompany
the order. N.B. — The patient's property by the
Act can be made chargeable for the amount.
The following persons are amenable to* the Act
No. S of 1874 of this colony, viz., those who by
reason e-f the abuse of intoxicating liquors are
unable to control themselves, or are not sup
porting their families, or are incapable of
managing their own affairs, or are dangerous to
themselves or others, or are suffering under or
recovering from delirium tremens or chronic
alcoholism, or are in imminent danger of death
from the continuous use of liquor. The Act is
admirably adapted and framed to meet all pur
poses intended, and as the patients know that
they can be arrested and brought back if they
leave before they are legally discharged, they
are never likely to attempt escape. N.B.— If
the Government cause the proper ' forms' of
summons, orders, certificates, &c, to be printed
for the Courts, it would very much simplify
matters and save expenses. The Act can be had
at the Government Printing Office or from the
Superintendent for a shilling. The attention of
J P.'s is respectfully called to the 22nd and 28tb
clauses of the Act.
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