THE COURTS.
A STIFF FINE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, October 25. Judgment was delivered by Dr. lieArthur, SAL, to-day, in the case in which B. Jones, a steward on the steamer Eimutaka was charged with harboring uncustomed goods. The defendant admitted he had the goods in his' possession, but claimed he did not know they were liable to duty. The magistrate decided that the defendant had committed an oll'cnce against the customs law. If he were to ho relieved from responsibility an exceedingly wide door would be opened for evading the law in question. A line of £3O was imposed, but considering the circumstances tho fine was reduced to £lO. ALLEGED BREACH OP LICENSING LAWS. Duucdin, Last Night. In the case against Coughlan, licensee of the Provincial Hotel, of selling liquor to an intoxicated person, the sale being actually made by a barman, Mr. Hanlon raised a new point that if a barman, in disobeying the express' instruction of the land, commits a punishable offence, the landlord is not responsible, the servant not being his alter ego. Judgment was reserved.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 223, 26 October 1909, Page 2
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180THE COURTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 223, 26 October 1909, Page 2
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