SUNDAY SHOWS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1932, Page 5

SUNDAY SHOWS

AUCKLAND APPEAL

CONVICTION TO REMAIN.

<By Telegraph—Per Press Associationj

AUCKLAND, March 22,

Questions oi law govo, n’*ng uie induing of bunday evening enitu tuiiiuiencs ..aigueu oeioi'o -ur uuouo Mceu

Lo-uay in uie supreme uou.i. me >ias an appeal by tue Auckland jtsruncu oi uie Eaoour Party against its conviction and line by Air \v, it. Ait-Lean, .■5.A1., lor Homing an entertainment on a

.jUnuay Ov ailing WHilOl.t ilUvlllg 11, ST obtained oi Tile uny uoiin-

riiero was a suggestion by His Honor that tile case siiuuld be taken to tne v-uuit oi Appeal, Tins was not accepted on Tile ground of tiio e.\peuso entailed.

mis Honour said that he had formed a very ueuuue view uuruig Tne course of til O' proceedings, the section made it pemn to Jioid a concert or an enter - nient ot ally Kind open to tile puo:iic on a Sunuay, on Good Friday or on Ninas Day. It had been held by Mr uusice Herdnrau tliat the question oi whether admission was paid or not did not enter into the matter, so that the whole point to be decided ' was whether there was, on this occasion, an entertainment. Jt was true that the whole function could not properly be described as an entertainment, but it was perfectly clear that for half the time there was what was strictly within the meaning of the word entertainment. Jt was probably subsidiary to the principal object of the meeting, but it undoubtedly formed an attraction and lie thought it was an integral part of the programme.

It really was probably the greatest inducement to a large number of those present. It was clear the appellant was responsible for holding an entertainment, and the appeal would be dismissed with £7 7s costs and disbursements.