A BAD CASE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 56, 1 March 1912, Page 6

A BAD CASE.

THE SUPPLYING OF LIQUOR TO PROHIBITED PERSONS. A VERY LIGHT FINE. Before Mr. W. G. K. Kenrick, S.M. at the Magistrate’s Court thus molding, Katherine Haughey appeared on two charges' of supplying prohibited persons with liquor.’ Accused pleaded not guilty savpplying a bottle of whisky to •Ruth Evans. She said that she had not bought her any whisky. Mrs. Evans was ill in bed, and she bad sent her into the, yav-d.to-get,.the whisky. Arthur Eyaps.gave evidence to the effect that lie took the bottle of whisky out of the woman’s blouse: That was in his wife’s bedroom in the ' ... ! Sergeant,MQNeely-r Is your wife a prohibited: ? Witness i’^Yes! •• f Accused: lie (witness) supplied her ■with drink himself. Ho used to lock her fn and drink with her. The Sergeant told me the night before she was prohibited, hut she told me she wasn’t. ■ s The Magistrate: And you believed her before the Sergeant, of course. Accused repeated the Statement that 1 witness and Mrs. Evans used to lock" themselves in the bedroom and drink. !';• . His Worship; Do you think ■ your action was a proper thing? Accused : I , did |( not think it .was serious. SShje avas ill bedf and sue was ill. L i; jn, ‘ fl ';' His Wqpship>r. > Do! ;you know what the Icon sequences, ate ? Accused';: l) T p ( ! [I . have never done anyitjung..{like' tjhis ‘before. I have never bedh hbte’in* my life before. HikTYdtship riWell, you’ve done it thisifinieS wilnesti: .Can I tell you.the facts? Sergeant McNeely: He’ll keep you qllMday,_ your Wqrship. . .. • Witness said-that" he had been 'put to great i trouble to save his wife “from this woman.” Sergeant McNeely said he specially went rout'd to warn-'this women. He knew Mrs. Evans was getting liquor from her.

His Worship (to accused): -You are an old-age pensioner? Accused: Yes'! His Worship: That’s a nice state of affairs. ,

Accused: I’m going away to the country to work. -■••• . The: Clerk of the Court,: There’s another ’.'information, your- Worship. . Accused was then charged with supplying Margaret Davies’ with-liquor, a “square rigger” almost =ni>l oemg brought into tlm, ; .Court as evidence, and ; Recused; again pleaded not guil:'v;' i-‘ Constable , Mackintosh -gave evidence to the .qffect that he watched accused ciome out ,of. the,.rear of the, Stratford: Hotel.,. She was lyeari ng, another woman’s'-cdat.‘ She kept duf of tlie light, and : walked'in' the mid-' die of the roadi* He saw her going; towards house,, and then enter through' a .back way., iHe jumped oyer the fence, as she got to and-'he' heard ‘Margaret 5 tw-alSy standingK. i at! the door, say “It’s, alright ag-, cased daw- him, she hicj a th<3 (j bottle.. She said,that &hb ‘was' hot'.‘l ivi ng with Margaret Davies, but merely" came there to drink the beer. Previously he had warped accused that Margaret Davies was a prohibited person. Accused had told him .she didn’t drink beer. ■ oil

Accused: 1 might have a glass of beer occasionally, but I was not going to say II was-a drunkard. , His Worship : It’s pretty clear‘you aVC fgullty.-styhiit Thought tb'udo ih' r t 6: hue you heavily,,,and themlyoU>.would haye-t.o :go to prison, in due course. In all these: cases J fine, heavily. ,1 will have to-conferder Abollt your oldage pension lateiwperhapS irhake. it ! so that you cahppt,./ draw at ■ tiyourkelf. Yoim’s i,s a had case. I,.wiU,.fine you 10s -jin leach, base,i without co-sits''