BEER IN A BOARDINGHOUSE
INTERESTING POINT RAISED
Press Association. GISBORNE, February 19. An interesting point was raised in (the Magistrate’s Court to-day when Margaret Skipwortb, a local boaiding-bouse-keeper, was charged with permitting liquor to bo consumed on her premises when licensed premises were required by law to be closed. The police gave evidence that they raided the boarding-house at 8.15 p.m., and found drinking in progress among the boarders. The police suggested that the boarding-house was a restaurant within the meaning of the Sale of Liquor Restrictions Act of last session. The magistrate, Mr Barton, said the point was a far-reaching ono, and reserved his decision. On a further charge of sly-grog selling, the defendant was fined £3O, or six weeks’ imprisonment. The evidence disclosed that she purchased 52 dozen quart bottles of beer between December Ist and February Ist.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9900, 20 February 1918, Page 5
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