A borough may be a ‘town corporate’ within the licensing act, 9 G 4, c. 61, s. 1, though it has no separate court of Quarter Sessions. – A licence was granted by the justices of the borough of M, – a place having a separate commission of the peace, but no separate court of Quarter Sessions, at a licensing meeting held on the 7th of September, which had been duly appointed by them as they had always been accustomed to do : Held, that the licence so granted was valid, notwithstanding that the justices for the county (who had concurrent jurisdiction in M.) had previously appointed a licensing-meeting for the 8th.
Citations:
[1858] EngR 1141, (1858) 5 CB NS 468, (1858) 144 ER 190
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Updated: 12 April 2022; Ref: scu.289612
