RIGHTS OF LICENSEES.
■» A PECULIAR CASE. '[BY TELEGRAPH. —I'RESS ASSOCIATION'.] Dannevirke, Thursday. A case in which Walter Mends, barman at the Masonic Hotel, was charged with assaulting Peter Hemingsen, and dislocating hie elbow, came before Mr. McCarthy, S.M., yesterday, at the previous hearing of which decision had been reserved. The evidence showed that Hemingsen went into the hotel,, and asked for a drink. The publican considered that lie was not fit to be served, and refused it. Hemingsen became abusive, and refused to leave, and j when the barman went to call the police, |he assaulted him with a stick. The barman wrenched the stick.away, and Hemingsen threw himself on the floor, and refused to move. • ' The magistrate held that a licensee, was bound to remove a disorderly and abusive man, and that no undue violence was used. The claim for £72 damage was dismissed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13762, 29 May 1908, Page 5
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