GIFT OF LIQUOR
NO BREACH OF LICENSING LAW SCOTTISH RECEPTION Press Association DUNEDIN, Today. Holding that the gift of liquor for the purposes of a reception did not constitute a breach of the law J us tice Kennedy gave his decision, in the Supreme Court today in the case in which the police appealed against the finding of the magistrate in dismissing the information charging Philip Barling with selling liquor without a licence. The facts were that the Scottish societies held a reception, to Major McCrae in premises known as the “Savoy,” owned by Barling, an admission charge of five shillings being made. Barling undertook to permit the reception to be held in the lounge which was not a restaurant, and to provide supper, which did not include alcoholic liquor. A supporter of the societies provided liquor at his own cost and persons admitted to the reception were guests of the societies and not Barling. The magistrate held there was an absolute gift of liquor to the Scottish societies, and in this the judge agreed. The appeal was dismissed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 849, 18 December 1929, Page 13
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179GIFT OF LIQUOR Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 849, 18 December 1929, Page 13
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