The Cumberland Islander
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-12-18
issued: 1922-09-23
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note: t<y TI5EV CUMBERLAND ISLANDER v CVUk _kf.ni. I. .A.«IUatul th* rnnkMUml V«a> FORTY-FIRST YEAR—NO. 38. With which Is consolidated th* Cumberland News. CUMBERLAND. BRITISH C0LUMB1 A, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1922 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: TWO DOLL ARS PER ANNUM. Attorney General Gives Instructions That Douglas Case Be Appealed Magistrate Baird Threw rCase Out on Strength of Det'en dant's Evidence.—Case Be comes Controversy Between Government and Liquor Control Board. A short while ago William Douglas, ugcnt for the Sliver Spring Brewery, was tried before Magistrate Balrd on a charge of unlawfully having beer in bis possession. Mr. A. Lelghton, of Nanaimo, defended the case and adduced evidence to show that the accused was taking beer from the warehouse to his home and warehouse at Courtenay, for the purpose of private consumption. The following letter was also placed in evidence, purporting to be signed by A. M. Johnson, chairman of the Liquor Control Board: Exhibit "A" Liquor Control Board. Victoria, Sept. 5, 1922. Albert J. Merry, Esq., Chief of Police, Cumberland, B. C. Re William Douglas. Dear Sir,—Referring to yours of the 1st lust., received this morning, no ruling as such concerning gifts ot beer has been made by the Board. Some months ago Harry Maynard, manger of the Sliver Spring Brewery, asked me whether it was lawful for breweries to make their agents gifts of beer. I advlBed him that there was nothing in the Act to prevent tho v breweries from so doing. All that we wished to know was the quantity ot beer that had been so donated, the date, and that a record of same be kept for our Brewery Inspectors. 1 gave him then distinctly to understand that the right to give beer to their agents was not to be used by tho agents as an excuse for selling beer from the agency. The brewers have also been in the habit of sending their agents quantities of beer to replace shortages and breakages in tho stores. We havo found from experience that we cannot check the brewery agents c…
note: Title Note: "With which is consolidated the Cumberland News"
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Cumberland (B.C.)
spatial: Cumberland
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0068486
language: English
lat: 49.6186111
long: -125.0325
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Cumberland, B.C. : Islander Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text