Crown’s Challenge To Magistrate’s Ruling
(P.A.) PALMERSTON N„ Aug. 10. In the Supreme Court the Crown is challenging the decision of Mr. J. R. Herd, S.M., who recently held that in the absence of an analysis of liquid required under the' Licensing Amendment Act, he would not assume that the contents of a glass in the possession of a man in an hotel after hours was intoxicating liquor. • Crown counsel contended that an analysis was only required in respect of fermented, distilled or spirituous liquor and not for spirits, wine and beer, etc.
Counsel argued that the magistrate had been wrong in his grammatical reading of the particular section of the Act and on the presumed intention of the legislature. Decision was reserved.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23020, 10 August 1949, Page 4
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