Lewis and Son v Liquor Licensing Court of Louis Triciiardt and Sutherland [1914] ZATPD 101 (8 October 1914)

Liquor laws.-Licence in respect of premises opening on to public thoroughfare.-Room opening on to passage.-Sec. 34 (1) Ordinance 32 of 1902.

Sec. 34 (1) of Ord. 32 of 1902 provided that no certificate for a, genera.I retail liquor licence or bottle liquor licence should be granted by the Licensing Court in respect of any premises . . . otherwise than in premises ha,ving the bar entrance opening in .or towards a public street or thoroughfare. Held, that the words "public thoroughfare" included pa.ssages or la,nes to which the public ordinarily resorted and had been accustomed to resort. L was granted a, liquor licence in respect of a room opening into a, passage-way used as a public thoroughfare to certain buildings, Held that the room opened towards a public thoroughfare.