Disturbing The Peace?

[Tit4tat]

Does, "live streaming", from your mobile in a public place constitute the offence of,"Disturbing the peace?"
Also, why would a judge prevent the reporting of of anything to do with the alleged offender and his judicial processing?

[Jackdaw33]

A phrase from years ago comes to mind. 'The six o'clock swill'. I don't know whether it was Oz or NZ, but bars opened for just two hours in the evening and you had to get as much as possible down your neck in that time. I presume the rules are more relaxed now.

[NoMercy]

2 hours ... that's scarcely enough to whet your whistle ...

[waterboatman]

I think that was NZ jack. Way back in the time of the dinosaurs.

[1ozzy]

It was OZ Jack, but, you're showing your age.
During the seventies bottle shops could only serve takeaway to travelers on a Sunday. Didn't have to travel far ;-/

[waterboatman]

I sit corrected.

[Jackdaw33]

It wasn't much better here in the UK, NoM. Until 1988 you couldn't get a drink between 3 and 6 p.m. and on a Sunday not between 2 and 7 p.m.

[NoMercy]

I remember the Sunday lunch time drinking laws but not the weekday ones.

I'm glad things are more relaxed now. I just wish the supermarkets didn't close at 4pm on a Sunday.

[1ozzy]

After 1:00pm on a Sunday in my little one horse town all you can buy is fuel and grog.
And it was only a couple of years ago the petrol station decided to stay open until 6:00pm.

[Jackdaw33]

All these laws date back to WW I. This was to prevent munition workers turning up the worse for drink. One of the stranger ones was that bars were not allowed to have any seats; drinkers had to stand in the hope that they wouldn't linger too long.

[New Judge]

"One of the stranger ones was that bars were not allowed to have any seats; drinkers had to stand in the hope that they wouldn't linger too long."

A similarly strange situation prevailed with betting shops when they were first legalised in 1960 (or maybe 61). They were to have no seats, the door, if left open, had to have a curtain thingy to prevent people looking in. The idea was that punters should enter the shop, place their bet then leave. However, all shops had the "ExTel" betting and commentary service, all had stools and all provided newspapers on frames on the wall. People used to spend all day in them.

[Jackdaw33]

...and the windows were covered in a kind of whitewash with just a small gap at the top to prevent people seeing through.