LICENSING BREACH.
Liqucr Served in Lounge After Meal. UNUSUAL PROSECUTION. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, February 16. A Licensing Act case heard to-day was stated to be probably the first c.f its kind in the Dominion. It related to the serving of a drink to two people in a lounge after they had just had dinner. The defence urged that the offence was trivial, and that ' the charge should be withdrawn. Counsel referred to the practice of serving coffee in a room separate from the dining-room after a meal. Had the drink been served in the dining-room there would have been no offence. The Magistrate said that the law permitting the serving of drink with a substantial meal, between 6 and S p.m. was hedged with restrictions, but the prosecution was not aware of a similar charge previously. In the circumstances a nominal penalty would meet the case. He convicted and discharged Douglas Guy, the porter who served the drink, and convicted Charles Boyle, the licensee of the New Commercial Hotel, and ordered him to pay the costs, 13s.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20232, 16 February 1934, Page 7
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178LICENSING BREACH. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20232, 16 February 1934, Page 7
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