§ SIR THOMAS CHAMBERSasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether, in view of the conflicting decisions of the licensing justices, he will state whether residence upon the licensed premises is necessary for the sale of beer by retail not to be consumed on the premises; or whether he is prepared to introduce a measure to settle the question?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS,in reply, said, that he was not aware there had been any conflicting decisions of the licensing justices in this matter. He did not think that he could give any authoritative opinion as to what the law 1021 was. He was informed that on the 21st December, 1875, in the case of "The Queen v. the Justices of Yorkshire," it was settled by the Court of Queen's Bench that no qualification of residence was required for the sale of liquors to be drunk on the premises.