DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1930, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

£2OO FINE

FOR DISTILLATION OF SPIRITS

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INVERCARGILL, May 9

At the Police Court, Duncan MacKenzic Boyd, owner of ari isolated farm at Frankton, in the Lake district, was fined £2OO by Magistrate, Levvy, for aidingm the distillation of spirits. Counsel appealed for leniency, as the accused’s circumstances were not good, and ho had. a wile and five children.

The Magistrate, who remarked that this practice must be stamped out, allowed two months for Boyd to find tne money.

A DOMESTIC QUARREL

AUCKLAND, May 9

Sir months’ imprisonment with hard labour was passed by Judge Herdman* in the Supreme Court on Ernest William Armstrong, who was found guilty of breaking and entering his wife’s house, with intent to commit crime. ' On the charge of assaulting his, son, Leslie, 16 years of age, with an ; open' razbr, the jury fmind’* Armstrong riot' guilty. r .'.

FIGHT AT AUCKLAND

AUCKLAND, May 9

As a-'sequel to *a stand-up fight at a recent rally of iVnemployed, John William Hughe's antic George Lewis were -charged-: -with,/ fighting.- The -charge against-' Hughes “ was. dismissed and Lewis was filied't£T: • s ' •

A detective, giving evidence, said Hughes announced that he wanted to get the meeting away from the Communist element and he stood for King and country. That seemed to start trouble. Hughes later offered to take on all the Communists in the hall one after the other. Lewis explanation was that Hughes called him a Bolshevist and a Communist and struck him, breaking,his. glasses*.- and;he)hit put in. Self-defence. >; ••ri- J :■) nor v. ” l! ■ •.A ..-mi rnL j 0-; : firm —-—~y ... If nil* b-i-‘- •; {.,* h.uroicijpef -we-.! on !:• -« HOP-BEER, ■ jlanihwcsur® 1 fiVk ;pnA* the Magistrate’s. Cuurt^this morn-, ilig, Charles John. MfiCullocli, ,rhanager •of' a cordial firm “ was charged."with' ;j ° .i'M (L----keepmu* liquor tor sale, m the ho'license disrict of Grey Lynn. A plea of guilty was entered, and defendant was fined £lO. aim costs. Sub-Inspector Shanahan explained that the firm concerned carried on a hop-beer brewing business at Grey Lynn, ‘and the police’ received --complaih'ts that p'eop'lfi f ''iver6' : getting >io- ■ toxiciited on Jit&G Mfumfacturesff LonSe- • •quently : ' ti sorgeiuit purehayedV three. bottles offithe beer-’;«nd subnmtte-d it-to the Government Analyst. It* Jvadof©tnl'd' that it contained seven per cent, of proof ‘'spirit;' whereas the -regfilat-ioiis ■permitted only tliree per cent.

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