LIQUOR SALE
AX INTERESTING DECISION
INTER CARGILL, Jan. >
A case involving an in to rest ing point of law came before Mr (J. Cruiek-shn-iik, S.M., at Bluff to-day. Briefly, the facts were that a two gallon jar of beer was filled in a hotel on a Saturday, before .6 p.m.. and placed in a recess in the hall, the purchaser’s intention being to call for it. La’er the proprietor discovered the jar. s>'d tvplaced it for safety in the private bar. banding it over to the purchaser on Sunday. The point that the Magistrate ivm called on to decide was whether thsale of liquor was actually completed when the purchaser removed the jar from the bar in the first instance. The Magistrate bold that legally the whole transaction was finished on Saturday night, and that delivery was complete, and on that ground the charge against the licensee ol selling liquor after hours must be dismissed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 January 1929, Page 3
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155LIQUOR SALE Hokitika Guardian, 23 January 1929, Page 3
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