LICENSING CASE.
KEEPING OPEN ON SUNDAY. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin; last night. A case was heard before Mr Carew, S.M., in which tho liconsoe of the Coach an 4 Horses Hotel, Saddlo Hill, was charged with keeping his premises open for tho sale of liquor on Sunday, August 31st. Constable Lonstablo had visited the place at 8 p.m., and found the door at the side of the bar open, the bar being fully lit up, and the wife of the licensee behind the bar, in which there wero two men. Four young men were sitting in another room. The licensee, when asked, said the place was open for the convenience of travellers. A man named White came in while the constable was there, saying he was a traveller. The wife of the licensee said if he went to the room she would give him a drink, and this was served but not paid for. The Magistrate d'd not think I there had been a sale of liquor to White. It was improbable that the defendant would allow liquor to be sold under the circumstances in the constable's presence. What would have happened had the constable not been there he did not know. The case y/ould be dismissed. The Crown Prosecutor gave notice ot appeal, as the case was an interesting one.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 531, 26 September 1902, Page 2
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