Costello v Douglas - [1951] NZLR 534

Licensing — Offences — Conviction — Endorsement of Licence — Extent of Power to Endorse conferred on Court — No Rule or Principle guiding Court in Exercise of Its Discretion — Right to Endorse in Absence of Previous Convictions — Endorsement not Special or Peculiar Penalty to be applied only in Extreme Circumstances — No General Rule as to Exception in Cases of Vicarious Liability — Licensing Act, 1908, s 247.