LICENSING BREACHES.
2002 CONVICTIONS DURING 1920.
UNLAYFULLY ON PREMISES
Of the 2002 convictions for breaches of the Licensing Act in 1926 thei offence of being unlawfully on licensed premises after hours (1499) was- the principal, followed by breaches of prohibition orders (903). publicans and employees selling liquor after hours (228), and unlawfully supplying Maoris with liquor (109).
The number of convictions for drunkenness in the Dominion during 1926 totalled 7114 against males and 372 against females. In addition, convictions were entered in 1633 cases of applications for the issue of prohibition orders. Drunkenness is usually met with a fine, states th® Government Statistician, t'he returns for 1926 showing that of the 7486 persons convicted of drunkenness as> many as 4854 were fined, while 561 went to gaol in preference to paying the fine, 138 were peremptorily imprisoned, and 22 (including nine habitual drunkards) committed to a Salvation Army home or other such institution. Forty-three convicted persons were ordered to come up for sentence, and no fewer than 1840 were convicted and discharged.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5170, 26 August 1927, Page 2
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172LICENSING BREACHES. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5170, 26 August 1927, Page 2
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