SLY-GROG SELLING
j.wi;kcak<;ill men fined i'l 0 EACH ; V-SOi/lA'l lON IKLLGUA.,:.' INVERCARGILL, March <». Remarking that sly-grog selling had to be put down in Invercargill, Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.. in the Magisj trate's Court to-day imposed lines of I £lO on two defendants for keeping licjuor for sale in a no-license district, and admitted a third to probabation for two years.
William George Liddell pleaded guilty to a charge of selling liquor in the no-license district of Invercargill. A charge of keeping liquor for safe was withdrawn. He was fined £lO. Wallace Sycamore, a taxi-driver, pleaded guilty to a similar charge, and was also fined £lO. Robert Thompson, a labourer, pleaded not guilty to charges of keeping licjuor for sale, and of carrying on the business of a brewer, not being the holder of a brewer's license. Sergeant Abel said that 17 bottles of home brew were found in Thompson's front room and 15 in a back bedroom. There were 11 gallons in the making. The defendant, in evidence, said he sold no beer to anybody. His Worship said the , defendant would be convicted on both counts, and as he had no money to pay the lines he would be admitted to probation for two years. Mr H. S. Cordery ffor the Customs Department) said that the brewing charge carried a minimum penalty of £25. and as the man had nothing he asked leave to withdraw the charge.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21416, 7 March 1935, Page 21
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