His Worship—There is no ''if" about it. I am sitting under the Order in Council.
Mr. Reader Harris—Then. the only "offence _you can try would be an offence under the Order in Council.
His Worship made a note of the objection, which he overruled.
Mr. Harris nex submitted that the matter was not a criminal one at all. If there had been a breach of the licence—which was a contract between defendant and the Municipal Council subject to certain conditions—then clearly it was a question of breach of contract, subject to civil jurisdiction.
Mr. Maitland, in reply, argued that a breach of the licence conditions involved infringement of the laws, and thus the offence was a criminal one under the by-laws. Any English court would have jurisdiction under the same conditions.
His Worship agreed, and this objection also was overruled.
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