SALE OF LIQUOR
PUBLICAN’S RESPONSIBILITY. LIABLE FOR EMPLOYEES’ ACT. SUPREME COURT RULING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Tuesday. The fact that an employee exceeds his authority and makes a sale contrary to his instructions doe s not protect the licensee of the hotel, according to Ills Honour, Mr Justice Ostler’s decision to-day. The judge upheld Lhc conviction of Albert George Neville, for selling liquor during closed hours. The sale was made at 7.55 in the morning by an employee not a barman, who was cleaning the bar. This man had authority to sell liquor to hoarders only. The licensee's appeal was dismissed with costs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17997, 16 April 1930, Page 5
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