MOSGIEL COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25801, 23 March 1945, Page 8

MOSGIEL COURT

HOTEL LICENSEE FINED At a sitting of the Mosgiel Police Court yesterday, before Mr A. E. Dobbie, S.M., Albert Thomas Ross, the licensee of the White House Hotel, Henley, was fined £2O and costs (12s) for selling liquor after hours on January 13. For the police, Senior Sergeant D. Vaughan said the hotel had "been visited as a result of complaints, and Thomas James Tubman, who was managing the hotel in Ross’s absence, was found serving liquor in the bar.—Mr W. P. Hartstonge, who represented the defendant, said that Ross had been in Dunedin at the time of the offence, and was now living there. Tubman was managing the hotel, and it was Ross’s intention to transfer the licence to him in the near future. Owing to its situation, the hotel was a difficult one to manage, and, in addition. Tubman was unaccustomed to being in charge of an hotel. —Ross was fined the amount stated, and Tubman was fined £lO and costs (12s), the magistrate remarking that the court had to deal severely with hotelkeepers who offended against the existing laws. —For consuming liquor in the same hotel after hours. Maurice Allan Boyles, Angub Allison, Robert Jury, and Robert John Millar were each fined £2 and costs f 12s). Liquor at Dance

Eric L. G. Thompson (Mr W. P. Hartstonge) pleaded guilty to a charge of being in possession of liquor near a dance hall. The prosecution stated that the defendant had become very abusive where accosted by the police outside the Momona Hall, and had given a false name.—Counsel said the defendant had served for four years overseas, and at the time of the offence he had been back for only a fortnight. The defendant was fined £1 and costs (7s 6d). • Ordered to Pay Costs The Transport Department proceeded against A. R. Guy (Mr R. L. Fairmaid) on charges of not possessing a driver’s licence and a warrant of fitness. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Counsel maintained that the vehicle, a MassevHarris tractor, was used only for farm purposes and did not require a certificate of fitness.—The magistrate dismissed the charge of not having a warrant of fitness, the defendant being convicted and ordered to pay costs (10s) on the other charge. Civil Cases

Bishop Bros, proceeded against W. H. Gibson on a judgment summons. The defendant was ordered to pay the balance due, £7 6s, and costs (15s 6d), in default eight days’ imprisonment.— Judgment by default was given for the Borough of Mosgiel in a claim against the Mosgiel Association Football and Athletic Club for £1 6s 8d and costs (16s).