MAORI "KING" FINED.

Taihape Daily Times, 11 October 1919, Page 7

MAORI "KING" FINED.

..._...—o———-——--LIQITOR FOR HIS “SUBJECTS.” PENALTY OF £2O IMPOSED. .C.onsiderzlble excitement prevailetl among the ;\[llol'is who aattendeel the last sitting of the Police Court at--Irluntl«_v. on account of -the Haori “King:,"’ Te Rafa. Mahuta, Ibeing pro-_ Secirted befol‘cA)lr F. K. ~Hunt,eS.l\l., on a. charge that he aided and abetted in ccnnnittmg "the offence of supplying lir.‘;lm" ta 11aii"«.‘s for consumption eff Tie-e:x.~‘.ed. I_\l‘o.n;i;s-OS. The “kill.g,-"' how«"«.'o:" Ci.‘ no"; uppezzr in Court, but", lll:'nL‘.gl'l the police, entered :1 plea of g‘uiH_\'. A The evidence showed that {L Maori

was seen carrying a, large carpet bag, apparently heavily laden, from the Hllnfly Hotel to the “king’s” motor car, stzmding in the s‘l'oct. The police found that the bag. nl.<o the “king’s” M}f_)ljopCl't_\«', collt.aiiled two dozen bottles ‘of liquor. __ The magistrate convitzrtcd and dis-"'ch~al-ged the man caught. carrying the bag, but fined Mahuta £2O. " Two other Z\{nori.s. charged with having comxnittcd the same offence on; pl‘€viouS fiates, were each fined £5.