A LICENSING CASE.
PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Invbbcabgill, December 13. ' Mr McCarthy, S.M., gave judgment in the case, Police v. Sarah Jackson, licensee of the Criterion Hotel, who was charged with unnecessarily delaying to rpen her door to Sergeant Bowden. His Worship said much had been made by counsel of the fact that the evidence of the polica was not .similar, bat in bw opinion that was in favour of its truth. On the other hand the cviderce of persons in the hotel was prac'iraUy nr&nimous on points regarding the opening if the door, that there was lo drinking goiog cn, 'and that there was no light in the bar. On other points they contradict'd each other. Some of the witnesses even contradicted themselves He beliaved the police and fined defendant £2, the license to be endorsed. Counsel for defendant said it was evident that his Worship was prepared to giv* credence to the conflicting evidei ce of two constable* against that of half a d> zen witness. He intimat-d that be wouh; eppc&l against the decision.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 296, 14 December 1901, Page 3
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176A LICENSING CASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 296, 14 December 1901, Page 3
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