A Valuable Concession.
The Broad Arrow of a recent date gives particulars of a curious case that came before the Mansion House Police Court, where a publican charged with selling liquors without a license pleaded that he had a right to do so as the son ot an old. soldier of the 43rd, who had served in the Peninsular War and been wounded at Badajoz. The claim for exemp tion was based on an Act of George 111., which allowed soldiers who had served in that war to exercise their trade without hindrance, license, or molestation in any place in the United Kingdom, such privilege to extend also to the wives and families of veterans. It came out in evidence that the defendant had been carrying on his publican business for thirtyeight years without any interference from the Excise authorities, bat the magistrate upheld tho argument of the police prosecution that the military benefit no longer existed, and the son of the Peninsular warrior bad to pay fine and costs, giving, however, notice of appeal.
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Manawatu Herald, 7 November 1896, Page 3
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175A Valuable Concession. Manawatu Herald, 7 November 1896, Page 3
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