BREACHE OF LICENSING ACT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10036, 9 July 1910, Page 6

BREACHE OF LICENSING ACT.

FINES IMPOSED. MR LAMB'S CASE. Bsfure Mr C. C. Graham, S.M., at (he Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, William Redmond, proprietor of the Club Hotel, Carterton, was charged with having failed to forward a return to the Clerk of the Court at Masterton of liquor sent in to the No-license district of Masterton. Mr M. Lavery appeared for accused, and admitted a technical breach of the Act. Sergeant Miller stated that on Jun« Bth last two men purchased a case of whiskey at Mr Redmond's hotel, taking the liquor to Masterton. Defendant Mad neglected to forward the ordei to the Clerk of the Court at Masterton within a reasonable time. Constahla Ingram stated that on Ju e 23rd last he spoke to Mr Redmend about the whiskey purchased, and asked him if he had notified the Cl a rk of fheCourt at Masterton of the fact. Mr Redmond stated that he had not yet forwarded the order, as his child had lorn some leaves out of his small older book for scribbling purposes, before ho had had time to enter ii in his big order-book, and the ordst* had consequently gone astray, thus causing him to neglect to make he entry in the latter book, and not punctually forwarding the order to the Ckrk of-the Court at Masterton. Defendant had been perfectly straight with him in the matter.

Mr Graham 3aid that the case had bean aggravated by the fact that defendant had previously been warned by the police concerning the order. A fiau of 403 and 9s costs was inflicted.

The case Police v. W. G. Lamb again came before the S.M. Court yesterday morninpr.

It will be remfci./jt'r ■■'■ tint Mr W. G. Lamb, proprietor Jv 11.rarua vineyard, had previously „z - ■ charged by Police Sergeant Millei with having sold wine within the No-license area of Masterton, the prosecution being in the nature of a test case. Mr fC. C. Graham, S.M., dismissed the case, upholding defendant's contention that the law allowed him to manufacture wine from New Zealand grown grapes within a Nolicense area. The police appealed agaiust the decision, and this appeal was upheld. Yesterday morning, on the casa being called, Mr Graham said that the case was one in which great interest had been taken all over the Wair«rapa. There had not been any intention at all on the part of M Lamb to e\ade the law, the prosecution having been in the nature of a test case. He (Mr Graham) had upheld Mr Lamb's contention when the case was previously before him, but a higher court had ruled otherwise, and he must now enter a conviction. As there had been no intention to evade the law, he would impose a fine of Is and 7s. * Sergeant Miller stated that he h'sd bsen instructed to apply for Supreme Court costs amounting to £B, which Mr Graham accordingly entered against the defendant.