BREACHES OF THE PHARMACY ACT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10582, 11 October 1910, Page 4

BREACHES OF THE PHARMACY ACT.

(Peii Press Association.) Wellington, October 11. ■ decision of importance to chemists and druggists was given in the j Magistrate's Court ' to-day by Mr Riddell. S.M.) .in a prosecution brought by- the Pharmacy Board against" Frank Shaw, chemist, for an alleged breach of the Pharmacy Act of 1908 in unlawfully keeping open his place of business in Wellington on eight dates Specified for compounding or dispensing of'prescriptions-.not'under his own immediate supervision or control, or that of Ins duly enrolled manager. ■ The Magistrate said the defendant had three shops in the city. It was admitted that he had applied on lltli July, 1910, to the Pharmacy Board to have Miss Gregory enrolled as manager of his shop in Lainbton Quay, and according- to the roll Miss Gregory was enrolled manager of that shop. In the form of application for manager defendant stated that he intended to keep open the shop for compounding and dispensing of . prescriptions at Lanibton Quay. Subsection 40 of the Pharmacy Act' lays it down that every chemist commits .an offence who keeps or permits to be kept: under his name any "open shop or place of business for compounding or dispensing prescriptions save under his own immediate supervision and control, or that of his duly enrolled manager. Evidence of .detectives, of defendant, and another witness showed that on the dates mentioned in the information the shop was kept open for the purpose named and that it was under immediate control neither, of defendant nor Miss Gregory. From the position taken up by defendant, said the Magistrate, one would gather that his idea of enrolment of a manager for a particular shop was a mere matter of form and that he could transfer such manager from one shop to another at his own discretion without any reference to the Pharmacy Board. The Magistrate did not think that was the intention of the section, and defendant was fined 5s for each day on which the offence was committed, making a total penalty of 40s, with costs (£2 7s). The security for appeal was fixed at ten guineas.