LICENSING BENCH CASES
MEMBER TO REMAIN
(By Telegraph. Press Association.) "'WANGANUI, Friday.
Judgment waV given this morning in the case healrd by'Mr Justice Alpers at the Supreme Court,'in which it was sought to remove Mr A. G. Bigne':l from the WangahUi' Licensing Bench the action being brought by Mr S. H. Shepherd. '■< • ■■■'<■ ■•' • 'Plaintiff Was refused an order, and costs of £l'2 12s were allowed. The action was 1 brought on the plea that Mr Bignell was a shareholder in Foster's Hotel, Ltd., at. the time of the licensing election, and that he might be biased, in his .opinion on licensing matters.
The judge h'e|d,;.that there was not the least evidence of or that Mr Bignell had taken part in any decision l.n which there might'be a reasonable apprehension of bias; r
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Waipa Post, Volume 31, Issue 1764, 29 May 1926, Page 5
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131LICENSING BENCH CASES Waipa Post, Volume 31, Issue 1764, 29 May 1926, Page 5
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