Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a cheap tavern.

c.1820		‘Railroad to Hell’ in C. Hindley Curiosities of Street Lit. (1871) 33: This Line begins in the Brewery, and runs through all Public-houses, Dram-shops, and Jerry-Shops [...] until it lands in the Kingdom of Hell.
c.1830		‘Johnny Green’s Trip to See the Manchester Railway’ in R. Palmer Touch of the Times 34: We seed sich lots o’ Jerry shops.
1842		Westmorland Gaz. 26 Nov. 3/6: Margaret Nicholson, keeper of the Pig and Whistle jerry shop.
c.1850		‘Drunkard’s Farewell to his Folly’ in C. Hindley Curiosities of Street Lit. (1871) 91: Farewell landlords, farewell jerry’s.
1851		R.S. Surtees Young Tom Hall (1926) 38: These people get their beer at the Jerry-shop.
1861		(con. 1840s–50s) H. Mayhew London Labour and London Poor II 227/1: An advance of 5s. – made to him by the keeper of a beer-shop, or, as he called it, a ‘jerry.’.
1873		Edinburgh Eve. News 11 July 2/5: I went into the ‘Jerry’ shop.
1888		S.O. Addy Sheffield Gloss. 118: Jerry Shop, a public house. It is sometimes called ‘Tom and Jerry’.
1889–90		Barrère & Leland Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant.
1896		G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 119: Jerry-house. A beer-house of the lower classes.