FULL COURT
LICENSING ACT APPEAL. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) • WELLINGTON, October 1. The Full Court, consisting of Chief Justice Myers, Justices Herdman, Adams, MacGregor and Ostler, is engaged to-day hearing the appeal ol Edward Frank Smith, police constable of Nelson, (appellant) against Keith Hickson, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Nelson (respondent). Three informations were laid in June against the respondent by appellant alleging that on April 27th, 1929, respondent being licensee of the Royal Hotel, Nelson, did, at a time when such premises were directed to be closed bj T the Licensing Act, (1) sell liquor in such premises (2) expose liquor for sale (3) open premises for sale of liquor. The informations were heard at Nelson on June 10th before Air Maunsell, S.AI. Respondent pleaded guilty to the first information and was fined £2 2s and costs.
The Magistrate held that opening for sale and exposing were part of the transaction of sale, upon which respondent had been convicted, and accordingly dismissed the two latter informations. ’
The appellant is appealing on the ground that the Magistrate made an erroneous decision 1 of law, in dismissing these two informations. Mr C. R. Fqll. appeared . for appellant, and Air ;AV. Perry and Air S, H. Moynagh for respondent.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1929, Page 5
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