Bideford Innkeeper and His Lease

At Bideford County Court on Wednesday the application was further considered of J T Arberry to determine the least of the Joiners’ Arms, Bideford, now held under Mrs C J Wiley. The case had been adjourned to see what could be done when applicant joined the Army, which was the reason of his application, he having no one to carry on, and being unable to obtain a tenant at the same rent.
It was reported that the furniture had been sold and the place closed down. Arberry was not represented, and his Honour Judge Lindley dismissed his application, the lease remaining in existence with Arberry liable for the rent.

Gazette article dated 17 September 1918