SLY-GROG SELLING
Only il measure of desperation had driven his client to return to sly-grog selling after having been convicted for that offence in 1934, smd Air. AA . E. Leicester when Gladys Caroline Elliott pleaded guilty and was fined £lO by Air. Stout, S.AI. in the Magistrates’ Court, AVellington. * Counsel said that uic busnuipd aud one son wete in hospital suffering from tuberculosis aud three children Avere not working. Defendant’s only income had been from an invalidity Pe Senio'r-Sergeaut. T. Campnfcnolo said that defendant had admitted a weekly average of liquor sold over the past three years at two dozen bottles and a three"allou keg. The beer had been sold at 2/6 a bottle. Liquor and empty bottles aud kegs had been discovered Ayheu the police raided the house. Only five men were on the premises when it was raided and there had been no complaints about the conduct of the house.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 14, 12 October 1942, Page 2
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152SLY-GROG SELLING Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 14, 12 October 1942, Page 2
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