SLY GROG.
,(Fer Press Association.)
AshburtoD, last night. 'At tho Magistrnte’s Court to-day Samuel Alexander, boarding-house keeper, was fined £SO lot keeping and exposing liquor for sale. The solicitor for tho defendant argued that as Alexander’s previous conviction was for illegally selling liquor this was not a second conviction, and would not therefore carry tho penalty of imprisonment. The Magistrate took the same view, and imposed*a fine of £SO, aDd gave accused a week to pay in. Thomas Sutherland, refreshment rooms proprietor, pleaded not guilty to a charge of keeping alcoholic liquors for salo. After hearing evidence the 1 Magistrate reserved judgment.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1389, 25 February 1905, Page 3
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102SLY GROG. Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1389, 25 February 1905, Page 3
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