SALE OF LIQUOR.
INTERESTING CASE. Christchurch, December 23. An interesting question of law was submitted to Mr Young, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court to-day when Messrs Frank A. Cook, Ltd., holders of a wholesale ■ liquor license were charged with selling liquor and exposing liquor for sale after closing hours. The facts were not in dispute. A constable went (o Cook’s about 7 p.m. on December 10, and ordered ten bottles of beer and two bottles of wine, paying cash for the liquor which, however, was delivered at the constable’s house next day within proper legal hours. The question at issue was whether the sale was completed when the order was given and cash taken, or when the liquor was delivered. For the Crown it was contended that the sale was completed with the taking of the order and cash, and for the defence if was argued that while the statute refers to the sale and delivery, the important factor was the delivery, which had taken place in this case within legal time limits. The magistrate dismissed the information alleging the exposure of liquor for sale, and reserved decision on the question of sale.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19261228.2.25
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3580, 28 December 1926, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
193SALE OF LIQUOR. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3580, 28 December 1926, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in