“A Magistrate or a Judge is entitled to use* his common sense about what lie sees in : his.daily coinings and going, just a srniych as any other man is, said Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court Christchurch. The licensee of a suburban hotel was being charged with a breach of the Licensing Act, and before impos'ng a fine Mr Mosley remarked tha the had frequently noticed numbers of cars parked outside the hotel in question late at night. It looked suspicious. Mr YV, J. Hunter, who appeared for the dcfandant, said 1 that cars might he tilers* for a legitimate purpose, and ; iter Mr Mosley had followed up Ins rorr: i by fining the defend nt £5, aske.l thafi this he raised to £5 Is, to allow an appeal to he. made. “I’ll make it £lO for that purpose if you like, jllr Hut ', or, but nothing less,” sad the Magistrate. Mr Hunter declined the offer.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1931, Page 5
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