HOTELKEEPERS' RESPONSIBILITIES.
IMPORTANT POINT DECIDED. By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, November 5, Mr Widdowson, S.M., by the conviction of John Morrison, licensee of the European Hotel, on a charge of selling liquor to a drunken man, upset Mr Hanlon's point that a master was not liable for his servants' breaches of the law when the Act provides for the servants' punish ment. Mr Widdowson held that provision for punishment was merely a deterrent to the sale of liquor to an intoxicated man, which was borne out by the qualifying clause of Jthe section providing for the punishment of the servant, which specially states that the penalty upon the servant is quite irrespective of any to which the publican may be liable Defendant was fined 20s, but the Magistrate dceided, as defendant had issued strict instructions in regard to the selling of liquor to intoxicated persons. n»tto endorse his license. The barman was fined £5.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9642, 6 November 1909, Page 5
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153HOTELKEEPERS' RESPONSIBILITIES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9642, 6 November 1909, Page 5
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