LICENSING ACT

Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1933, Page 7

LICENSING ACT

LICENSE ENDORSED. CHRISTCHURCH, Sop. 14. At tlie Magistrate’s Court, John Griffen, licensee of the Provincial Hotel, was fined £lO and costs by Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., ths morning for selling liquor after hours. Further, the Magistrate ordered that Griffin’s license should be endorsed with a record of the conviction, which was the sixth within two years. Defendant’s counsel, during the hearing declared that under, certain clauses in the hotel lease a-n •endorsement would mean a straight loss of £1250 to his client. Griffen pleaded guilty to the charge mentioned and also to a charge of selling to an intoxicated person, on which he was convicted and discharged. Mrs Isabella May Griffen, the licensee’s wife, was fined £5 for supplying liquor after hours when she was person other than the licensee. Sub-Inspector Edwards said that at 1.55 on Sunday, September 3rd, two policemen visited the hotel to interview defendant about something that had happened the previous night. Two men were found in the bar and Mrs Griffen was behind the counter. The licensee said the men had been staying at the hotel the previous night, but they denied that that was so. One of the men was drunk and had been suoplied with liquor when in that condition.

“It is not Griffen’s first, appearance,” added the sub-inspector. The Magistrate: I’m afraid I know him rather well, sub-inspector.