Toe House of Commots cay tin- Preparations forthe" cettraton tinue to sell drinks without licence.
The King's Bench to-day discharged the rule nisi applied for on behalf of the novelist Mr. A. P. Herbert, calling on the Bow street magistrate show cause why he should not
Committee of the House of Commons sue a summons agains! the Kitchen order to test the matter.
For a long time, Mr. Herbert has carried on propaganda against the alleged Inconsistencies "of Great Britain's Ucensing laws and eventually he challenged the legality the sale of intoxicants in the House of Commons.
The Bow-street court declared that 4 was without Jurisdiction in respect
*oproval of the House of Commons.
acts of, Members done with. the 'The Lord Chief Justice (Lord Hewart)' found the court justified feeling that the House of Commons was acting collectively. in a matter falling within the ambit' of the internal affairs of the House.
There were amusing sallies in court {and the Attorney-General, Sir Thomas Tnskip, quoted authorities to show hat the House of Commons was no: subject to the control of the law leonns og reantds what was" done within the walls of the House. ven murder on the floor of the House might be a matter for the House itself, although it was improbable, in hhis opinion, that the privilege would be. claimed' in such. circumstances, One authority showed that all the privileges required for the energetic discharge of their duties were con ceded to members of the House of Commons. "Therefore, in the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice, the mem: bers themselves decided from what sources and at what intervals that energy was to be recruited—Reuter.
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