SUPREME COURT.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1775, 8 June 1895, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

(By Telegraph.") WELLINGTON, June 7. In banco this morning before Mr Justice Richmond, the appeal against the conviction under the Shops and Shop-; Assistants Act m which Mr Hutchison,

S.M., had m March last fined W. H. Day, of Grey town North, for keeping his shop open on Saturday, the day appointed by the Borough Council for the half-holiday, came up for decision. Mr Skerrett. who appeared m support of the appeal, submitted that "January next," where used m section 9 of the Act, must be held to mean January, 1896. He also urged that the Borough Council meeting at which the special resolution was passed was improperly called. Mr Chapman, for the respondent, argued that the statute must be taken to speak from the date of the Royal assent. Mr Chapman also contended that tlie council meeting had been legally called. His Honour said that as the matter was of general importance he would give a written judgment. He remarked that at present he did not think that there was much m the point raised by Mr Skerrel t, with regard to the Act being inoperative until January, 1896.