In June 1875, Charles Dredge, the landlord of the Old Bell Inn, Warminster, was charged with being drunk while in charge of a horse and trap, returning from Heytesbury Fair.
The magistrates bench, presided over by Lord Heytesbury, couldn’t make up their minds as to whether Mr. Dredge had been drunk or merely excited. They decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and dismissed the case.