SIX O’CLOCK CLOSING.
SLY GROG-SELLING GASES. Auckland, Uecemb. 4. The first prosecution of sly grogbelling since (he early closing of hotel bars came into force was heard to-day, when seven charges of having sold liquor without being licensed were preferred against a middle-aged man named George Ebberlie. Accused pleaded guilty on all the charges—five in respect to offences committed on Sunday and two in respect to offences after 0 p.m. on Monday. Accused accosted a constable in the street on Sunday and supplied him with beer from his private house. Sentences were imposed of three and six months’ imprisonment, to run concurrently. The Magistrate said he expected a crop of such cases would follow the inauguration of six o’clock closing.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1761, 6 December 1917, Page 3
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120SIX O’CLOCK CLOSING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1761, 6 December 1917, Page 3
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