LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 133, 22 February 1909, Page 2

LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY

- ■ ❖ An Awakino Case. On Wednesday last at the Waitara Magistrate's Couro before Mr H. S. Fitzherbert. SAd . Arthur G. Crawford, a coach drive;-. was charged with the sale of liquor in a r.o-!:eer.se district, to wit, Awakiao. Other charges were soliciting' an order, receiving an order, and keeping liquor for sale.

j Several witnesses testifiec a = togiving orders to defendant for whisky and to receiving the liquor from hint. Mr Quiliiant, for the defence, after reviewing thc-evicer.ee, and contending that there was no evidence of his client having sold whisky, orteertt that from Parr, ant; counsel held that could not be accepted, owing to p; ; rr being, if his story were true. guilty of the offence of aiding and abetting, and hi? Worship would, thereto:--; want corroboration. The fact of Crawford having three bottles of whisky in his whare could be explained by the fact that he was a carrier, and had the liquor stored there with other goods which he had brought in. with regard to other alleged sales, including that to Johnston, it was shown that no money hat) passed, and the transaction was not in the nature or a sale. The facts "of the case were not nearly sufficient for his Worship to convict, but apart from that aspect of the case,

Mr Quilliam said ho would show his I Wor.-h iu thai the Awal-tir.o hioel: could i not ]:'■ h> hi :r, co;:".-' withir. the scoixof was empowered to i.'i'O^!;:;rr. a certain ' of land, a no-iicersc district, hut e:u:t- ---: sel said Ik.- could shov/ that the A"-a----j kino block was not Native .itn. His J whole argument d-ov. w;:vi u:e>;. Lin. j being able to show that the Lhocht was | not Native land. ;.- ; he had Loon :crtunato enough t ■• s-_ ,:.:;:e wewes show ! ing that th-~- \a. : v- u - yr\:y : .,_r\ tree. \ the Natives in :> r A mo- ti.o to he declared ultra vires, e.r.d the ease : given no::: "VVodnosda;-. .