THE COURTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 2

THE COURTS.

A STABBIXU AFFIIAY. j By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Jnnp 4. Peter Williamson Xuit, tlie iiwmne-' clerk who was eliarg.'d wit-li stablmi;; Daviil ileCall, was again lenianilnl env iug to JleCall being still nimble lo a;j]*ar.

AN INTIiUKSTING POINT

(lore, :.!\St -.lgllt. | At the (lore Magistrate's (unit, t>efore ill-. Kenrick, (icorjic Dempster (Mr. liuier) applied for a publican s litense for tin' Woodland* Hotel, winch was recently taken into Mat:iura nolicense district from Ine Awarua. mo only member of the last J.icensing Committee Avlin lU'c-ent':'! liim-ell wa.s Mr. Forsyth (Wyndham). .Mr. Inder was abont to point out tluit another member was present when -Mr. K. >\ !*mith, soj lieitor, interjected that the person in i|uestion was an objector. .Mr. Jnder: Are von appearing to onjeef; Von have not lodged an objection. Mr. Smith: A lot of things have not been done, The meeting of the committee has not been advertised for one thing. Mr. Smith contended that tae Magistrate had power to deal with the Application. Mr. Imler submitted that the old committee was in existence until successors had been appointed and took oll'ice. The position was becoming involved when the Magistrate said that, as far as he could see, tiicre was no Court present at all, anil he had no power to deal with the application. Vf, lie added, the licensee continues business after Jiroe lie will run the risk of a prosecution to settle the question.

CHARGE ACIAIXST DENTISTS. Gore, Last Night. At the Gore Police Court to-day » series of live prosecutions under the Dentists Act, were preferred ngains'tT. A. B. Winglield, registered dentist, and W. T. Splatt. 'i*he prosecutors were the Otago Odontologicnl Association. Wingfield was charged with permitting Splatt, an unregistered person. to tarry on practice in his name and not under his immediate supervision. Winglield and Splatt were charged that they were ail association currying on practice ami nut consisting wholly of registered dentists. Splatt a lone was charged with performing certain dental operations and not being registered. Splatt commenced business in (lore as an American painless dentist and an advertisement attached to the name of Winglield, who is an Invercargill registered dentist. The defence stated that Splatt did this unknown to Winglield, who subsequently repudiated it, and had.it altered personally. Counsel stated that Winglield had nothing to do with the Gore business. All the charges were dismissed, costs being allowed to Wingfield.