Hotel Regina (Torquay) Ltd v Moon The appellants, who were respectively the proprietors and the managers of an unlicensed hotel, were charged and convicted, together with two employees, the head waiter and the boots, of selling beer by retail without licence, contrary to the Finance (1909–10) Act 1910, s 50(3). The employees, who pleaded guilty to the charge, obtained liquor from a neighbouring licensed house, stored it in a cupboard in the hotel, and sold it to guests when it was ordered.