Police Visit To Hotel Leads To Charges
A visit to 'the Albion Hotel, Shannon, by Constable B. Watsori on Sunday, Jul'y 3, led to the prospc.ution ih the' Levfp €ouH yesterday of Mary Curran, licensee of the hotel, on a charge of selling liquor after normal trading ffQurs, her son, ,.Hugh Curran, for supplying and M. Mercer, Palmerston Nqrth, and H. §cpt?t, Shannon,- for 'ilbeing fbund'ori licensed premises after nprmal trading hpurs. Sergeaht "W".' Grainger told the court that at . 5".45 p.m, Constabie Weitson had entered the hotel by the main dpor and found the two perisoris in the passagew^y. They ha'd been about to leavp. ' Mercer had tfirep bottles of beer- under his arm and Scott a similar-' number. The foguniau, H. Curran, was behind the har coupter gnd the licensee in frppt qf the cpunter. The barm^ih had admitfed supplying liaupr " to the persons apprehended. ' Mr. j. p. Ber-traih appegred fpr all defendants and entered ipleas of gUilty. The licehsep pf the hotel was fifig'd '£.4, with 10s costs, the- bafman £1 and 10s "costs' and the two other defendants £2 and
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 August 1949, Page 4
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