THE LICENSING LAW.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIII, Issue 13727, 18 April 1905, Page 9

THE LICENSING LAW.

THE RIGHTS OF BRBAVERS. [Per Press Association.] INVERCARGILL, April 17. The judgment of Mr Justice Denniston in the appeal, Police v. Whittingham, a Gore brewer, was delivered today. The police proceeded against AVhittinghara for sending beer out of the Mataura No-license district into CluthaV also a No-license district, in pursuance of a written order from a customer. For the police it was contended that the delivery of goods took place at Gore station, and was, tnorefore, in contravention of th© law. His Honor, in. a lengthy judgment, held otherwise, and that the beer was not the property of the consignee till it reached its destination. In another appeal his Honor-held that Whittingham could not appropriate beer brewed by him and ordered through an office he had established at Mandoville, in a licensed district, the said beer being returned to a purchaser within a Nolicense district, Mataura. His license did not cover such transaction.