Sly Grog in tie King Country.
fPer Press Association.) Auckland, Sept. 27The result of the trials for sly grog selling in the King Country is that 22 out of 24 defendants were convicted ; one case was dismissed, and a second withdrawn owing to the state of defendant's health. There is another case in which the summons could not be served. It will probably come on later. The fines total up to £238 and the costs to £IOB 4s 6d. Ten natives were sentenced by Captain Jackson, S.M., to terms of imprisonment without the option of a fine. Inspector C'uilon was ably aided in his "Life Insurance Expedition" by two Wanganui natives. They were made special constables, and left before his departure from Wanganui for the King Country, going by the way of Pipiriki, Taumaranui, and the Poro-o-Tarao tunnel. They were ostensibly attending a Native Lands Court at Otorehanga. These two Wanganui worthies were the men who devoted their attention to the gentry who went about with a bottle and a glass—the walking grog shops who supplied a " long-felt want" in the King Country. These two native police detectives left to-day for Wanganui with Inspector Cullen.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 437, 28 September 1897, Page 3
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195Sly Grog in tie King Country. Hastings Standard, Issue 437, 28 September 1897, Page 3
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