LIQUOR PROSECUTION.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN' CORRESPONDENT.] ROTORUA, Monday. Reserved judgment was given by MrKenrick, S.M., to-day in the case in which G. M. Brown, licensee of the Grand Hot-el, and W. Brierley, barman,, were charged with supplyng liquor to a Maori for consumption off. the premises. The evidence showed that Marsh, the manager of the hotel, controlled the staff. Brierley w-as a new hand, and pleaded ignorance of the law. He said he had not bean told not to supply liquor to Maoris to take away. The magistrate Held that Brierley may not have known that natives should not be supplied with liquor for consumption off the premises, and fined him £5 7s. costs. With regard to the charge against Brown, he said the Act was quite clear, and the licensee was liable. The position appeared peculiar, 'as Brown wa3 the' licensee, but Marsh had control of the staff and the conduct of the hotel. .However. Brown, as licensee, was responsible, and he would be fined £25 and £1 18s costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17653, 14 December 1920, Page 8
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