LICENSEE AND SON FINED IN COURT

North Canterbury Gazette, Volume 8, Issue 36, 1 September 1938, Page 5

LICENSEE AND SON FINED IN COURT

CHARGES HEARD YESTERDAY BEFORE MR E. C. LEVVEY, S.M.

|. At yesterday's sitting of the'Magis- | trate's Courit at Rangiora, before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., Thomas Walter Ford was fined £6 and ordered to pay costs for supplying liquor after hours, being a person other than the licensee, and Walter Ford, licensee of the New Ashley Hotel, was fined £2 and ordered to pay costs on a charge of selling liquor after hours. Mr A. C. Fraser appeared for both the defendants. For the police Constable J. P. Simmonds said that Walter Ford was the father of the first defendant, and had been ill for some time, necessitating his son to act as barman. As far as the police were concerned they had received no complaints about the hotel and the licensee bore a good recordThey had been instructed not to press for a heavy penalty. Mr Fraser said that when the liquor was supplied it was early in the evening and the customers were quite sober when served. His first client was sorry for the act and Mr Fraser asked for a light penalty. Civil Cases Judgment for plaintiff by default with costs in each case was awarded as follows: H. Tindall v. J. Trowbridge, £l/15/4; Keir and Thompson Ltd. v. Waikari Flour Milling Co., £7/6/5.