SOBRIETY AT TAPANUI.
QUININE AND WATER. MEN WITH DEFECTIVE MEMORIES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, last night. At Tapauui to-day, James O Dowd, boarding-bonse keeper, Was charged with unlawfully selling alcoholic liquor on February 2nd.
For the prosecution, it was sought to prove that several persons who had been summoned to give evidence were seen by Constable Mathieson coming out of the place, and some when they left had the appearance of having bad drink. Three
farmers in the district then gave evidence. One said lie had quinine and water, and another said he had raspberry and soda. Both these witnesses thought a third farmer summoned had not been with them, and the third farmer said that to the best of his recollection he had no! been to O’Dowd’s house on the day in question.
Evidence was also given by a Gore contractor and a carpenter of Kelso. Both had dinner at the boarding-house, :-ut they denied having drink. The carpenter was suffering from sciatica, and was helped into the trap, but had no sign of liquor about him. The ease was dismissed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 368, 19 March 1902, Page 2
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