A LICENSING LAW CASE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 143, 12 March 1920, Page 8

A LICENSING LAW CASE

INFORMATIONS DISMISSED.

By Tcloirraph—Prcpi Association. New Plymouth, March 11. In the Magistrate's Court to-day .Mr. Bailey, S.M.. gave hi? reserved decision in tho case in which the licensee of tho Royal Hotel was' charged with cxposin 0 lin'uor for, sale : after closing hours. Three ' men ' had .been found by tho police in a taproom adjoining the bar,, which was lighted. The defence• nllewd that one man was ft lodp°r and that the others verc gnosis. All throe were taken to the taproom while another man used the telephone, which was in a sittuigropm opening off the bar, and the only other door to which led to the back yard. The Magistrate commented adversely on the structural arrangements or tho hotel. He was satisfied ns to the bona fides of the'men, and held that the exposure of linuor to them was" not exnosufe for sale. The information againstthe licensee, and that 'against the three / men for being found on the premises/ after hours were all dismissed. OTHER CASES. William Harris, a taxi-driver, was charged under a rarely-used section of the Public Works Act with obstructing tho traffic on Devon Road on the "Peonle s Day" of the recent show. He was fined 20s'. and costs. . A motorist was fined .-810 for exceeding the sneed limit. Frederick and Charles Magnn, farmeis, of Warea, apnea red on a charsrc of having brokeu, entered, and stolen from a blacksmith's shon at: Warea. and on sixteen charges of fheft of various articles from settlers in the surrounding district, llicv were, commilted for trial on the first charge, but nleaded guilty and elected to lie dealt with summarily on tho oilier charfC" The Magistrate deferred sentence pendin" I'-" Supreme Coifrt trial.' Bail was allowed. Realisin" H" 1 importance of townplanning the Worker*' Educational Association has invited Mr. A.Leigh Hunt to deliver a lantern lecture nn the subject in (lie Trades Hall to-morrow evening. It is honed to include town-plan-ning in the W.E.A. syllabus for the coining session. •

Tho Petono Rowing Club last night helii a successful "social" to raise funds for the uurclinse of new plant. Thero was a laTsro' attendance. Supper witf eorved bv u committeo of ladies.