Give Correct Response

Multiple Choice

Give correct response. In Allen v. Whitehead, the defendant, an occupier and licensee of a refreshment house employed a manager for running the refreshment house. He used to visit it only once or twice a week. He had given express instructions to the manager that no prostitutes were to be allowed to congregate on the premises of the house. The manager, inspite of his instructions to the contrary, allowed some women, whom he knew to be prostitutes, to congregate on the premises. The defendant had no personal knowledge of it. Held that:

A) The defendant was not liable but the manger was liable because the defendant had given express instructions to the manger not to allow prostitutes to congregate on his premises.
B) The defendant was not liable for the offence of allowing prostitutes to congregate on his premises because he had no knowledge about it.
C) The defendant was held vicariously liable for knowingly suffering prostitutes to meet and remain in the refreshment house.
D) None of the above answers is correct.