NO MEAL SUPPLIED.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3469, 24 April 1920, Page 3

NO MEAL SUPPLIED.

HOTELKEEPER FIN ED.

E CAMBRIDGE PROSECUTION. K’

CA MBRIDGE, April 22.

The Magistrate’s Court was occué

.p—ied all the morning in hearing a ‘charge against Victor Cornaga, licen-

§see of the Masonic Hotel, for refusiing. without valid reason, to supply

meals to Mr a.nd Mrs F«o-rbes Eadie and Mr Grevflle, of .s~nd. Constable Cleary‘proseclli‘e.d, Mr E. H. Northcroft appearing for tlge defendant.

i The evidence showed that 2511 three irravellers arrived by motor-car from fßotox-ua. wet and hung».-y, one day 10 iweeks ago. Sheortiy after 2 [).TI). they {approached the licensee, who conducted Mrs Eadie to the diningfb-om and, meanwhile, gave instructions that food be supplied. There were 35 people staying in the"house at the time. Fifteen extra meals had already _'been supplied. The waitress xvasr having her lunch and the licensees’ daughter informed the applicants that dinner was “off,” Mr Eadie said they would have been prepared ’uG~ accept anything in the way of food, but none was proffered, and] he had immediately informed the} police. He encountered the defend-3 éuit in the vestibule of i-.he‘hotel,. and - infornied him that he had been re-' fused 11192113‘ for his party. Mr C,‘ol{a- ,; aga apprirentiy treated 'the nmttzeri with inriifference.

In his evidence; Mr COl-naga stated he did not realise what had liappered in ihe dining-r.c-om. otherwise ‘he would have pel‘sonall_V seen to the matter The 11'1agisf1-ate referred to the conflicting nature of the evidence, but said he was .'\'L‘\H.Sfi€(l an oii’em3o had been committed. He convicted the defendant and fined him £lO and £lO 10/’ costs, but owing to Cox-naga having conducted l101:el§.".°0‘1' 30 years wiithout a previous .pm.s'ecution. he was not disposed to order an endorse» merit of the license -