THE SYDENHAM LICENCE.
The Appeal Allowed, His Honor Mr Just'oe Denniston sat this morning, and delivered judgment m the appeal case, Had field v. Armstrong :— The question to bo disposed of in the appeal had been, his Honor eaid, was tha magistrate entitled to take evidence upou, and decide the validity of, the cert i6c*te ? The appellant produced a license iu due form from the proper authority, and also a certificate. There bad been, nothing on the face of the proceedings t:> suggest any incapacity. Was a magistrate entitled to go behind this apparently regular procedure of a Licensing Court, and receive evidence as to the existence or non-existence of the conditions which would authorise such, procedure ? His Honor then proceeded to deal with the questione of fact and law, and l concluded by eayir.g tbat the respondent's counsel had not attempted to justify tbe convict r on on principle, but had relied, as he bid said, entirely on the authorities he cited, not one of which seemed to his Honor to even remotely support the contention raised. The appeal was allowed, with MO 10s
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4830, 20 December 1893, Page 2
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185THE SYDENHAM LICENCE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4830, 20 December 1893, Page 2
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