MARBLE BARS
SUNDAY TRADING LEGAL. (PRESS ASSOCIATION" TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, February 27. An important judgment, declaring in cffect that Sunday trading in marble bars and similar establishments is not illegal, was delivered in the Supremo Court bv the Chief Justice. The case was an appeal brought by tho managers of three city establishments against their conviction by Mr McCarthy, S.M., on a charge of keeping open on Sunday. The Magistrate found that the shops were open of necessity for the supply of refreshments to certain people. His Honour commented: 'In my opinion, therefore, the Magistrate having found that the shops -were open of necessity for some peopjC to'be supplied with food, and as the offence charged is simply that of keeping open shops and not selling goods, appellants might, not have been convicted. In my opinion, therefore, the conviction is wrong., and the appeals must he al- . lowed." No costs were allowed. w ...
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16148, 28 February 1918, Page 4
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152MARBLE BARS Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16148, 28 February 1918, Page 4
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