SLY GROG SELLING
FINE OF £SO
AUCKLAND, .January 16. William Buckley pleaded guilty, in the Police Court to a charge of sly grog selling. Accused keeps a shop in Hobson Street. “This is .not Buckley’s first appearance here, by any means,” said Detec-tive-Sergeant Kelly. “On August 2, 1929, ho was fined £SO and discharged on three other similar charges of slygrogging, and fined £25 lor Laving uncustomed goods in his possession. Then again in January 1930 lie was fined £SO for sly grog selling, and in June of last year he was up again on two further charges, receiving a sentence of three months’ imprisonment. Altogether he has seven previous convictions for selling slg-grog.” A fine of £SO, with the alternative of three months’ imprisonment, was imposed, accused being allowed a pionth in which to pay.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1931, Page 2
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136SLY GROG SELLING Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1931, Page 2
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