PROPRIETOR FINED
SALE OF LIQUOR
ECHO TO KOKATAHI CASE.
Arising out of a case heard in the .Magistrate’s Court a few weeks ago, six men were charged with'being found in the Kokatahi 1 hotel on Alareli 29th. after hours. j The proprietor, Edward Tapner Sherriff, was charged on three coiints, of opening the hotel for the sale of liquor -after hours, with exposing liquor for sale -after hours, and with selling liquor- after hours. . 1 The charges were heard before ? Air AV. Aleldrum, S-AI. Four of the six defendants appeared and pleaded guilty. Sergeant King said these men had been before the Court on a charge of disorderly conduct and had admitted the evidence. Each was a- -first offender, and was convicted and ordered to pay costs.
The case against the proprietor was then proceeded with, defendant 1 being represented by Air A. It. Elcock. He was instructed to plead guilty to selling. The proprietor admitted having served liquor to the six defendants who were only on the premises for .a few minutes. Defendant had been before the Court before. The Magistrate fined defendant -£5 and costs £1 12s. Pleas of not guilty were entered against the other two charges, which were withdrawn. . He was further charged with selling liquor to persons under 21 years of -age. Air E’cock said that defendant had admitted the sale Put held that there was no indication that any of the visitors to the hotel that evening f ere under age. . ' v Arthur Lambeth** aged 19, said that he had been supplied on the night in question by defendant. Defendant, in th e box, admitted serving Lambeth. He' remembered him coming in; with five others, and had absolutely no .suspicion that witness was under 21, otherwise he would not have served him. V Airs Sherriff, wife of the proprietor, said that she, also, had no idea that they were under 21. The Magistrate - said that the witness, Lambeth, did not obviously look under 21. He accepted defendant s statement that -lie thought them oyer 21, and dismissed the case. .
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1932, Page 5
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345PROPRIETOR FINED Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1932, Page 5
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