Beerhouse, Prohibited Hours And Travellers.

[Sellergarth]

In 1885 the landlady of my local pub, then a beerhouse, was fined for selling beer during prohibited hours. Her defence argued that the men who purchased the beer told her they lived more than three miles from the beerhouse and as such they were classed as `travellers` entitled to purchase beer and food during prohibited hours.
As yet I have been unable to find any local law regarding `travellers` and the selling of beer during prohibited hours so does anyone know if this was a national law or possibly just a local thing?
Thanks.

[woofgang]

bona fide travellers
http://www.pubhistorysociety.co.uk/1872.html

[frugalfred]

http://www.pubhistorysociety.co.uk/1872.html

[bert_h]

There's a clutch of hotels on several of the main roads to the south of Glasgow, all built just the requisite distance from the city boundary. They were still popular on Sundays among my parents' acquaintances in the 1950's.

[Sellergarth]

It`s a tie!
Many thanks woofgang and frugalfred for taking the time to post an answer. Brilliant! I knew that I could rely on readers of theanswerbank to come up with the answer. Thanks again.