DICATE, Plaintiffs claimed Tle. 112.01 for work done and materials supplied, Mr. F. A. Robinson appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. M, Hughes for the defendant Hickey.
Mr. Salmon, who appeared in the previous case, enid that in the public interest he would ask that the evidence of Mr. E. L. Allen be taken in the case of His Lordship assented.
Ernest Lee Allen, Overser of Taxes, enid that an application was made for a licence for the Dent Road Skating Rink. Before issuing the licence the Council asked for come person who could be held liable for the carrying oat of the licence regelations, The document produced was made by Hickey and signed by him in the presence of Mr. B, Twyman, Acting British Consal-General. On the strength of this document the licence was issued in the name of Hickey, Witness always looked to Hickey to pay the licence fees, but he did not know who collector. A sctoally banded the money to the
Cross-examined—Before the Council aod a licence like that in question it iked to know who it was being ins ned to and the Council required someone to come forward whom they could look to for the proper fulfilment of the licence conditions.
Lordship—Supposing that Mr. Hickey, instead of saying that he w member of the Syndicate, bad the document in the form " that whereas san application in the form of the Det Road Skating Nek,' and whereas it is necessary that someone I should guarantee the payment of the licence, I guarantee to pay that licence in default," would the Council have Witness—I cannot answer that. The Watch Committee issues licences and I only act on their instractions, Mr. Robinson then called W. A. Porry, electrical engineer in the employ of the plaintiffs who proved the work done at the Skating Rink to have amounted to Tls. 112.91.
In cross-examination, witness said that he received a note or telephone message from Souza at the
and saw Souza, Ryan and Hickey there, Skatiog Bink. went to the Rink and they discaseed with im the work necessary. Witness was not certain that be saw Hickey there on his first visit, but be saw bim on subsequent occasions. Witness did not think
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