A LICENSING CASE
"WET" AND "DRY" AREAS. (By Teleerajh.—Press Association.) Pahiatua, February 25. Hugh Francis- M'Lean, licensee of the Makuri Hotel, was charged with failing to furnish the Clerk of the Court at Masterton with a statement in ing that liquor had been sent into the No-License district of Pongaroa. The facts were that the liquor was consigned to a man who lived in a "wet," or licensed, district—Pahiatua. The man met the coach /in the "dry" area, and took the liquor home. The Magistrate remarked that _ the whole question was the liquor was intended to be taken into a NoLicense district. He quoted the Act to show that "an offence was created if liquor was taken into a No-License district : it was not necessary that the liquor should be actually consumed there. The Magistrate held that a technical breach had been committed. Defendant was convicted and discharged. Another information wa3 dismissed.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2395, 26 February 1915, Page 7
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152A LICENSING CASE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2395, 26 February 1915, Page 7
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