PRIVATE BARS.
IMPORTANT JUDGMENT,
Wellington, Feb. 4
An important judgment relative to private bars was given to day by Dr. McArthur, S.M. The licensee of the Adelphi Hotel was charged with having employed a female in his private bar who was not a registered barmaid. His Worship held that the bar referred to in the information was a private bar, and that an offence had been committed. Defendant was fined £2 and court fees. The Magistrate pointed out that the penally was a recurring one, but said he had no desire in the present case to inflict such penalty, as it was a test case.
Mr Wilford, counsel for the defence, pointed out that the effect of the judgment was >;u far-reach-ing that it might have the effect of imposing the liability on hotelkeepers of reconstructing licensed premises which had been constructed under the authority of the existing law, and it might also affect the license. issued to many hotelkeepers in New Zealand, so far as the relation of “bar” to “license” applied. He therefore gave notice to appeal. Several similar cases were adjourned.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1060, 6 February 1913, Page 4
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184PRIVATE BARS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1060, 6 February 1913, Page 4
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