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NZ Truth, Issue 1237, 15 August 1929, Page 1

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Sly Grog Sellers Dealt With (From ';N.Z. Truth's" Rep.) "These are very serious offences," said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., referring to. charges -j of. keeping sly grog shops, "and they are aggravated by I the fact ..that when men are seen drunk m the streets, after closing 1 hours, the police and publicans are accused of laxity." ;• .■. • -■ THE men charged were Conrad 1 Beasley, against whom four counts were preferred, WiHiam Henry Buckley, with a similar number, and' John Francis Davis with one less. A plea of not guilty was entered on behalf of Beasley by Mr. R. A. Singer, who also appeared for the other accused. ; . : Various visits to Beasley's fruit shop m Hobsbn. Street were detailed, by Constable Pretious. The procedure was to ask ifr it were, all right for a drink, when- clients wpuld be told to go. through to the back, where was ai;oom Anth tables and seats. Ale and stout were obtainable at the usual put-of -hour's rate of a shilling a tottle. Corroborative evidence was given by Constable Peterson. Mr. Singer thereupon altered the plea to guilty. '•■."■' Speaking m mitigation, Mr. Singer said that Beasley had lost his ■wife recently and had three children to maintain. . In-' i the case of Davis, the subinspector stated that he had been fined £25 a few months ago for a similar offence, on which occasion his house was founcrto be fitted up asa bar. Fines of £50 each and costs were levied," -by' Mr. Hunt from Beasley and Buckley, but m the case of. Davis, the magistrate said a fine was- out of the question and he sentenced him to three months' imprisonment. Default m the first two cases was fixed at two months' incarceration. ■