LOOPHOLE IN LAW.
DRINKrifG AFTER HOURS. BOARDER MAY TREAT FRIEND. Charges against James Smith ani Daniel Delahunty, of having been found; unlawfully on the licensed premises of the Prince Arthur Hotel, were dismissed • 'by Mr. Poynton, S.M., at the Police Court this morningIt was shown that when the polics visited ibe hotel on a recent evening they found the two men consuming liquor. Smith was booked as a boarder and this, it was contended by Mr. BfeA, Singer this morning, quite entitled Iran to drink on the premises and to invito his friend Delahunty to have a drink. "It is quite true that the law, as it stands, allows a boarder in an hotel te treat his friends,"' said Mr. Pora» ton, in dismissing the case. Ha can treat his friends to drinks all night if he likes, it appears. It is open t» '• many abuses, but there you are. This : loophole was pointed out by a jndga t years ago, but the law has not been '■ amended. I myself sent down a minute to the proper authorities on this mat- -• ter, but the situation remains un* \ altered."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 99, 28 April 1922, Page 4
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188LOOPHOLE IN LAW. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 99, 28 April 1922, Page 4
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