WHISKY BY RAFFLE.
CATHOLIC PRIEST CHARGED.
A NO-LICENSE DISTRICT CASE,
The. raffling of a case of whisky at a Catholic bazaar at Mount Somers in -October resulted in the Rev. Father Price being charged with selling liquor by lottery. Defendant was charged at Ashburton, but was not in Court. Counsel pleaded guilty. Father Price was also charged with carrying liquor into a no-license area, this charge being deferred pending the hearing of the first. Arising out. of the same, circumstances George Michael Doak was charged with selling liquor in a nolicense area after its disposal by lottery. He pleaded not guilty. Father Price was lined £l5 on the. first charge, the second being withdrawn.
In regard to Doak’s case the police gave evidence that defendant admitted making a “tarpaulin muster” to purchase liquor from the winner, a lady.
The case was, adjourned to allow counsel to inquire into the point whether Doak was not a party to the sale of the liquor by the winner.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5077, 19 January 1927, Page 3
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165WHISKY BY RAFFLE. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5077, 19 January 1927, Page 3
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