THE LICENSING LAW.
A TECHNICAL BREACH. Ey 1 elegrarh.—Per Press Pahiatua, February 25. Hugh Francis M'Lcan, licensee of the Mukuri Hotel, was charged with failing to furnish this clerk of the court at Masterton with a statement in writing' «f liquor sent into the no-lieense disrict of Pongaroa. The facts were tliat liquor was consigned to a man who lived in the "wet" or licensed area of Pnliintua. A man met the coach in a "dry" area and took the- liquor home. The magistrate remarked that the whole question was whether the liquor was intended to be taken into a nolicense district. Tfe quoted the Act to show that an offence was created if liquor was taken into a no-lieense area. Tiler,, was no necessity that ti;e iiquor should bo actually consumed there. Th ( . magistrate held that a technical breach had been committed. Defendant was convicted and discharged. Another information was dismissed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 222, 26 February 1915, Page 7
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152THE LICENSING LAW. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 222, 26 February 1915, Page 7
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