IN BANCO.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 11

IN BANCO.

-THJS SELLING OP BEER IN BULK. i, > HOTELKEEPEftS' EIGHTS. / ..Before Mr. Justice Chapmanianapplication' ■wasi'mado by Frnndis MTarland,. licensee, of . .-"• Howl. Cecil, upon iiri:.. originating-''summons, ' 'unilM ■ the Declaratory -Judgments ■: Act,- 1908, ' V 'ifOr^anViiiterprotatidn/jof'the .:Beer ; - Act. iMKSkerrctt,:K.O., ' with;.Mm.'Mr.• Sharp, ap- ; pear*d'. for the-'plaintiff, I V'and- : Mr. L : Myers -api f;.¥';pew(d s feitoVHiiiisterUfAr; -.Cfistoma -(defendint).' 1 V clatligl.ihat .Section -17 ,bf tlie.B.eer Duty :Act, t\'.i.;i9®^:dld :,; delivery. . ; : v,for'-;^B..:br,Vconsnniption l jn;casl£sVor,.-vessels -quantities -V of f two Jgallpn's; and- up,-. ifat&stiy iholders- of. publicang'/iifld Wholesale " .-ijidiSseßv of^.Becr'drawn .from ibrewe'rs', casks i -j on such, casks had teen ± ; thereon, or <; V •J- .;-jnit.;-^TherarTfero,two--grounds;-fot-the'.'applica-tibii*V' (1) iThat;it 'hud -long' been ,tho ipi-actlcs fcf of' publicans' and wholesale licenses :' tt sfell-. beer- drawn from brewers' casks, .-upon ; a ■,which, the duty stamp I had;been cancelled and : .theiduty -piHdi' 'Or- vessels,-containmg-.quantities of tyo;gallons,or,upwajd?; and,;( 2). - The.snlamtiff .olaitned■'tho■ 'in''vtnjlS; : mamrtr'by ; virtue''of -Kilfpublican's license. A -statement made by plaintiff was to»tho 1 he. had. received a' circular from, the ,Customs Department, reading as followssr- : v''Be;eris: ; .Rirenij.thfi-opinion that in no caso'.can Now /calafld beer bo legally sold- in bulk,- except :■: • in. jthe jinginal casks—this - includes -two-gallon . ■ ' :been sent out' stamped fromi i a brew'ery.;:H(®c6 ; thß-'practico bfriilliiig- sma)l ;.? v ' : vW^toj^il^:ibflttlto'^%iiteik«eper4 v from'" . smhlbed : casks --is 'fillegal,;' hid* hMstvbe -• dis-; .< : i- cbitmiiied. ; , ,In - --the > fact .' that - the jratjtici) .-has"^bbtftined^jn'^sftßte;',porta-for„ many' v';K" ydajsjvCpllecto'rs.arS^^fMttiisfed'iW-give publicity ; t K'i-JM ; fe^iti<4»ft'afaH?i')ffi^re4fterr.- v nii-" : etatripdd bfcer aro found, 1 : they are'tobodctained,-and the : faots .* ,* ejibjrted J .to; -this g! : plfice v -Vftv;Michard •- Carter;: i A. <■: .v ,': Mri/'Sfertett;':ci>ntended'!.ttiC;iiriiad ;,beenthe *• -. l>rabtice of-"holder^,'s6f:,.publicans'i-.and '.whole-: V^-sj!6| ; th<l»'beer having—boon-drawn—from- a larger''cask - Sold -by.- a!■ browor -to ,tho * licensee, and 'i;" n ty?lvaraped^w^^ - department contended - that/the - practice was froilgi .and was prohibited by tho Beer Duty j : Av> plpDB. Counsel was of; ■ jfch'o ■, contrary ??.!?-• ; Presumed : that tho, opinion of , ' ■' thfe ( -Secretary :of Customs'- was' based upon Section; il7 of tho Beer Duly Act, 1903, which that no ' person.- should sell, or' de-, - ';IIVM.-;for'i:salo \or;- .consumptionYahy,: beer:in bnll!,] except in -/casks' of tho ' prescribed size, i'! ■''the appropriate -stamps : affixed Kv ,'. W e t c Pn.-'Tho,-whole rstdtuto-,regulated 'the-'tibn- •"•'••> I :WS''y persons Employed,,'by -■ v .-•;' , ?.FJ v ? rs > ail( l 'the whole.purposo : -of the statute the nfflxmg Of duty -before' the beer left • .w 0 ) • I'rima facie, no provision of the ?■»;: statute had >vany - application after the Vbeer hatlvbetn, sold-and Aemoved from, the ibrewerv, duiy. :|stataped. v MoreiWer,- Section-17 intrinsid- }. of- ' v' J :^ e r.fln''. bulk,,/i.e.,;.'a .large'■':qndntitjr.--. , bf :bW. of;-frhich 'he,' in .the 'course:of.business, .made-salesrSThe statu to * rcqnit-cd thdtr'he:,;was Vnoßto dispose ofiHiSi 'beer in; bulk-,- except.:in, casks' -.of -vnie-. ' i', s , , . ze3 ' r^ " 10 ! wry -. most, s the -words' ln -billk could only -mean the original cask ■-1 -uj 'i ? '"'briwery,.: which';,cbuld '-'noti-be 1 . tftpM;*ithout .defacing the duty .stamp. AV'h'at'; . fr°P. the bulk .could hot'.be a 'sale L '• ?? cons truotioh,: apart, from i the: w. O - 3 M'led; .by. the provisions I °}iiffii Ll r n ? in 1 s J ' which ;'gavo' '.statutory ttutUpnty -to.-holders of .publicans licenses, by ' ' T "ira&L of ; -, h , ei l' I'censo -to sell; liquor in., any ;C .Under ; tho;statute, ,: also, holders of -. ,wnftlMal<r licenses,wero authorised.to sell- and ' : AtUess;-."than.i • twosljfalloiid. ot hqifor at one tinvo. held that tho wordsSection , • 17 ,W6rd general, and were meant -for the pur-' WW p-roVenting:,fraud and 'connivance- be- . wrtmf.wpwerjs' and publicans,, arid .other D n r ; r ;.cn6wijj. of' beer.'- '; s . ; ;• • * ? At: tho toncltisirin; of .argument, - his" Hoiour ~ ie?orr(Hl;'judgment. .; :\y.? "