RAFFLING OF WHISKY
PRIEST FINED £ls,
Ashburton, January 14,
The raffling of a case of whisky at a Catholic bazaar at Mount Somers on October 16th resulted in the Rev. Father Price being charged with selling liquor by lottery. Defendant was not in Court, but counsel pleaded guilty on his behalf. Father Price was also * charged with carrying liquor into a, no-li-cense district, this charge being deferred pending the hearing of the first. Arising out of the same 'circumstances, George Michael Doak was charged with selling liquor in a nolicense area after its disposal by lotterv. He pleaded not guilty. LATER. Father Price was lined £ls on the first charge, the second being withdrawn. In regard to Doak’s case,\the police gave evidence that defendant admitted . making a “tarpaulin muster” to purchase the liquor from the winner, a lady, who did not want it. The ease was ajourned to allow counsel to inquire into . the point whether Doak was,not a party to the sale of the liquor by the wanner.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3587, 15 January 1927, Page 2
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169RAFFLING OF WHISKY Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3587, 15 January 1927, Page 2
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