LICENSING LAW.
Per Press Association. NELSON, Aug. 26. A, conviction, but no fine, was recorded in a case in which Robert Edward Ladbrook was charged with permitting liquor to be consumed in the Ritz Tearooms when licensed premises were required to be closed. A room upstairs which was reserved solely for letting to private" gatherings was let for such a purpose and liquor was consumed.
The Magistrate agreed with the police that “restaurant” meant the whole building, owing to the express definition of “premises” in the Act. The Magistrate also said it was beyond doubt that defendant had acted under a bona fide mistake of the law, and quite a natural one for anyone non conversant with the Act. Defendant was ordered to pay 10s costs. ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 27 August 1938, Page 16
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126LICENSING LAW. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 27 August 1938, Page 16
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