LIQUOR IN A PRIVATE HOTEL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 104, 27 January 1920, Page 8

LIQUOR IN A PRIVATE HOTEL

ILLEGAL SALES ALLEGED. By Telegraph—Pre" Ansoclation. Auckland, .Tanuary 2fi. At the Police Court to-day, Edward Francis Black, proprietor of the Cornell Private Hotel, was charged with having sold whisky, beer, and stout without a license. \ Sub-lnsnector Wohlmann said that » • plain-clothes constable was sent, to board at the defendant's hotel, and ho at vari- ; oils times gave orders to servants for ■ liquor, which was placed in his room. . money being pi veil to the porter on on" occasion. In this connection 'it was not affirmed that Black had actually 'old liquor whirfj§ might have been obtained , outside. The charge related to liquor ordered on Saturday evening after sh , o'clock, and delivered to the defendant's: bedroom on Sunday. The constable subsequently paid for the iiqnor and received a receipt for it. Oh, Christmas Eve the police raided the Cargen Hotel, and the defendant said that to compete with licensed houses he was in the habit of, givim' away about three bottles of whisky a day to guests. Boarders would also give orders, and liquor would be ob- j tained outside, and it frequently happen- ] ed . tlint amounts so due were charged j up in accounts. As regards the Sunday incident, the defendant said that he used | to borrow from a boarder. Asked to name one from whom it was likely thai j liquor had been borrowed, the defendant ; nnmed one who bad d.ied a fortniirht pre- ; vionsly. The snb-insneetor sn'd that the j defendant, readily disclosed the' where- I abont.s of a considerable stock of liquor. ]

. Mr. floid, for the defence, said that the ease was a peculiar one, as a great deal depended on what the Magistrate held constituted a sale. .There was no question oF inose drinking in the hotel. Although it was admitted that tho order was received, no one could be found who bad nlaced liquor in the bedroom on tlm Sunday. The hearing was adjourned.