TE KUITI S.M. COURT

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 166, 21 June 1909, Page 2

TE KUITI S.M. COURT

THURSDAY, JUNE 17TH, 1909

Before Mr F. O'B. Loughnan, S.M.

—Liquor Cases. —

A man named Ross was charged with keeping liquor for sale within the prohibited area, was called upon to prove his innocence. Mr Selwyn Mays appeared for the Crown, and Mr Finlay for the defence. The evidence of Con- , stable Mathew showed that defendant brought to Te Kuiti a '1 gallon jar cf whisky. There was r.o concealment, and the liquor wa- properly iah mled. Defendant accounted lor :!..- v. hisky by stating it we.- tak< a out ':. vk in ;. waggon, and was ml' :/':■ d mr his r,-...m use, and for treating fri• -•:cis. ijf-.s ;■■;• s being useful in case of sickm.ss. Tlw waggon driver com'borate- ti'.e slatoS ment with referinc- to having tak;n j the jar on th'- waggor., and oxpressvd I deep regret thai the cork had <omc- out of the jar, and most of ii;e liquor v.-as I lost. "His worship h,kk that a satisj factory cxplai.a; im; had fee;: givm ! and dismiss"-; ike information, i A similar charge v.-as preferred against J. .Scott. L'o.nstaido Matkew gave evdkr.ee as lo lite cciendant bringinga case of wkk-kyto Ik. Kuiti, and suspecting tka; the contents of the casc'kad k ..■:; drunk in. tm tow: . Defendant. ami other witnesses. r--I lated the cireumstaun s a- to ike '■ drinking "f km whisky, wkiek wus j accompiisho i in various p;ae<m. ll.s I the < -. id' ::•• ; ommd to a -.-. rv eurio-m I Whisk-, was. a valuakle cm:; odiiv in ' th, pkwr, and was ,o aprm-mat,.d ky a : large i.umi ■r that it cot:.': not re rent, j The dofendant no doubt mtomk-ci to : take the liquor . or lk- n't. ate:- port;-::: ; of it, out to tin. kaekLkoeks, 1 t:t win: n ation. His V.'.i)-skin furlk-r stat.-d tka: in.- did not think the law which tl.rt.-w the onus of proof ontk.e defendant. mt< ndi'd that if a person krought every drop of it, that a conviction should follow. Unless he was satis- s fied that the liquor was intended for j sale he would not convict. j