LIQUOR FOR SOLDIERS.
SEQUEL IN COURT
Per Press Association
AUCKLAND, (sept. 20. Appearing on summons in tne Police Court to-day, three men admitted charges of supplying intoxicating liquor to soldiers for consumption elsewhere than on licensed premises. The police said the incidents happened when members of the Third Echelon were marching down the street. The men each handed a bottle of beer to the soldiers, while one handed a halfbottle of whisky. Counsel for one man sail his client handed to a former employee a parcel containing sandwiches, sweets, and a bottle of ale. He was ignorant of the regulations, the primary object of which was to stop soldiers taking liquor awav from licensed premises. The Magistrate (Mr Morlund) said tile supplying was not done with wrongful intention, and ordered each defendant to pay costs. The names were suppressed. The public, he said, would now know the meaning of the regulations.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 252, 21 September 1940, Page 4
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151LIQUOR FOR SOLDIERS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 252, 21 September 1940, Page 4
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