The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, May 27, 1916. BREACHES OF THE LICENSING ACT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1556, 27 May 1916, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, May 27, 1916. BREACHES OF THE LICENSING ACT.

IT is a common thing for prohibited persons to openly boast that they can obtain liquor despite an order. We regret to say that this boast is not a vain one. In fairness to local licensees we may say that they respect the law of prohibition, and. further, have refused to serve men whose craving for alcohol apart from prohibition orders has obliterated all else. This action is commendable and praiseworthy. For the dipsomaniac and his awful craving we have a genuine sympathy. But what are we to think of the man who deliberately deties the l.aw and supplies liquor to the unfortunate one f Jibes are hurled pt the police when a prohibited person is publicly seen under the influence of liquor, and the police are faced with considerable difficulty in sheeting home a conviction against ‘’cutter runners. ’ In I he (‘yes of the law a person who supplies a prohibited

person with liquor is a worse offender than the man against whom a

prohibition order lias been issued. The Magistrate indiealed yesterday that in future he intended to deal more drastieally with sneh eases, so that persons who have been actuated by sentiment in the past are forewarned of what is in store for them. We have been ashed to withhold the names of those who, out of goodness of heart, have been convicted for supplying prohibited persons, but if we did so we should be failing in a public' duly, as publication of the facts, although it hurts innocent connections, is a strong deterrent to a state of things which has been too glaring in Foxton of late.