A LICENSING CASE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10150, 28 January 1911, Page 5

A LICENSING CASE.

TE KUITI, Last Night. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, before Mr F. O'B. Loughnan., 5.M.,„ L. D. Nathan and Co., of Auckland, were charged on three informations with sending liquor into the King Country without ."furnishing a statement of the quantity to the Clerk of the Court. The prosecution contended that the "statement supplied was incomplete, as the quantity had not been specified, h'or the defence, it was argued that the quantities in the cases were generally known and accepted. When assorted cases wore sent, different quantities were stated. Mr; Waniock, representative of L. p._Nathan, and Co., stated; that :' the "same ■practice wjis adopted for the King Country as was followed iii sending "liquor .'to the Ohinemuri district. Had the police asked the firm for specific, quantities to be stated, the quantities would have been supplied. The firm made up eases of eight dozen pints, and other firms seven -dozen. The Magistrate. said the statements furnished were misleading to • the police. . Warnock's evidence made it clear that'the Act had not been complied with. He was satisfied that the defendant firm had honestly endeavoured, to comply with the Act, and considered it regrettable that . e authorities had not been more yielding. Had the firm been written to, no doubt it would have complied with the Act. )' The Clerk of tho Court .was not to blame for acting under instructions from headquarters. The firm was technically guilty; but he wpuld hot record a. conviction, and dismissed the. case. ,