Five Men Fined For Having Liquor Near Dance Hall

Chronicle (Levin), 6 March 1948, Page 4

Five Men Fined For Having Liquor Near Dance Hall

j Charged jointly . with being in I possession of liquor in the vicinity, 1 of a dance hall in Levin on Febru- ' ar'y 7, Sydney Leoriard Lahib, of ! Wellington, Lloyd Bertram Robinj son, of Manakau, and L.aurie Thomas Anderson, of Wellington, ! pleaded guilty by' letter when the i charge was heard in tlje Magistrate's Court, Levin, yesterday., Sergeapt W. Grainger, prosecut- ! ing, .said that at 10.35 . p.m. on the inight of February 7, Constable W. R. Gillespie and himself found the three defendants in a car in which ; there were also eight bottles of ibeer, which they claimed as being Itheirs. I In reply to a question from the | magistrate, Mr. A. M. Goulding, S.M.f Sergeant Grainger stated that Robinson had admitted that the ,car was his. i Lamb and Anderson were each jconvicted and fined £3, and Robin'son £4. Court costs in each case • were 10s. An order was made for | the confiscation of the liquor. Charged with a similar offence ;on the same night, George McKinley, of Otaki, was fined £3, with court costs of 10s. Sergeant W. Grainger said defendant had been i-found near the railway line drinkling from a bottle. He had seen him ileave the dance hall a few minutes before. Defendant wrote pleading i guilty to the offence.- ••• S ••••>/, j Leslie Winiata, of Foxton Road, also charged with having liquor in 'his possession in the vicinity of a -dance hall, was fined £3 and^ orderj'ed to pay court costs of 10s. : Defendant had two bottles, said i-Sergeant Grainger, and had admitted leaving the dance. Supplied Liquor To Native Aiding and abetting the supply of i liquor to a native was the charge i preferred against Tuhera Keriona, jof Shannon. ) Constable B. Watson, of Shan- - non, told the court that he had iseen defendant with a sack conitaining a dozen bottles of beer. i Defendant had admitted that he ' was taking it home with him, but [ claimed tHat it had been secured for him by a European .who was a Istranger to him. He was fiiied £5 by Mr. Goulding, and ordered to pay costs amounting to 10s ■ and translation fee of -5s.