CHRISTCHURCH.
A. LICENSING QUESTION. June 2G. In the Supreme Court to-day, tl, i appeal case Regina v. Barrett camo ti | for hearing. Barrett is a publican i | Christclmrcli, and was lined ao*.ne tin | ago for not paying a fee for what tt | Magistrate termed an eitra bar. The i< | . called bar was a sort of half-door m a taj | room, and defendant's council being < | opinion that only those bars openiu direct on the street came within the del | nition of the word " bar," as \aed in tl 1 Licensing Act, an appeal was made again 1 the decision of the Magistrate. After | long argument to-day, the matter w ; referred back to the Magistrate's Com ; for a re-statement of the case, but Jud, . Johnston expressed himself to the eifci that a bar must open direct on the strc! jjj before a license fee under the Act can I | demanded for it. U
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 367, 27 June 1877, Page 2
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