LIQUOR TO NATIVES
INCIDENT AT TE WHAITI For supplying liquor to a native, a former mill worker at Te Whaiti, who has since left the district, Kenneth R. Ingram, was fined £5 in the Magistrate's Court on Monday. Anzac Matekuare, for aiding and abetting the offence, was fined £2. For the latter defendant, Mr E. Roe said that the liquor—l 7 dozen of beer—was not being consumed when Constable W. Bidois visited Matekuare's place. It was still stored in cartons in readiness for a Christmas party. If the liquor were confiscated, that would be an additional penalty. His Worship: Where is the authority for its confiscation? If it is to be handed back, defendant will be committing another offence. When the liquor is retained, it generally goes down the police drain—or some other appropriate place. As far as Matekuare was concerned, it was a technical offence.
Henry Williams, for aiding the supply of liquor to himself, a native, was fined £2 also.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 91, 7 February 1947, Page 5
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162LIQUOR TO NATIVES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 91, 7 February 1947, Page 5
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