AN APPEAL CASE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 141, 12 June 1909, Page 3

AN APPEAL CASE.

pUNEDIN, June 11. Mr Justice Williams to-day heard a motion to quash the conviction by Mr Hutchison,. S.M-, of Albert Bond for taking whisky into Oamaru. It was seated that on February 15 the police laid an information against Bond, charging him with that he gave an order to one O'Brien (a publican) for !a ease of whisky,, which Bond took into the no-license district of Oamaru without giving to O'Brien a statement in writing of his name and address. The plaintiff prayed for prohibition ■ from further proceedings upon conviction, on the ground that as licenses were in existence in the licensing district wherein the offence was alleged to have been committed the magistrate was wrong in a point of law in convicting Bond. The point at issue is through the alteration of the. boundaries* of the Oamaru electorate, which until the period expires now contains licensed premises within its boundaries. His Honor reserved his decision.