LICENSING BREACHES
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Appeal Court to Decide Question SUPPLYING GUESTS
(By Telegraph-
WELLINGTON, Last Night. The question of hotel licensees' bona fide guests being on the premises during prohibited hours and, inpidentally, supplying them with liquor was raised in the Appeal Court which is hearing the case of William Mackenzie versus Wnlham John Harper. Lillian Mackenzie, wife of appellant, was convicted and fined at Christchurch by Mr. E. C. Levvey, S,M., on a charge of supplying liquor after hours at'Tattersall's Hotel. Defendant pleaded not guilty. The Magistrate found as a fact that the persohs supplied were at the time bona fide guests of Mrs. Mackenzie. He was compelled to follow a Supremo Court decision in 1926 although he disagreed with it. The appeal was taken agaiust - this finding on the ground that it was enttoneous in law. Mr. F. D. Sargent, for appellant, said the questions for the Court to determine were: — (1) Whether appellant committed an offence under the Licensing Act, 1908; sectiou 205, and (2) Whether a iicensee's wife car. have bona fide guests during prohibited hours and, incidentally, provide them with liquor. The Court adjourned until to-morrow.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 141, 2 July 1937, Page 3
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191LICENSING BREACHES Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 141, 2 July 1937, Page 3
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