A DRINK VICTIM.
INEFFECTIVE PROHIBITION ORDERS.
iNEED FOR BETTER MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION.
Pek Pkess Association. Auckland, October 16. Walter Humby confessed to Mr DiV tnct Judge Kettle this morning that he had spent since last January argely m dr i„k and gamb.ing.' Humby was before the Court on charges of having been found drunk. 111 Nonh street, Newton, and having been found in the Newton Hotel conijary to the terms of a prohibition order, which existed against him. He pleaded guilty and said he could not remember what hotels he went into. He visited several.
Mr Kettle; Have these hotelkeepers ieen served with notices of prohibi--1011 order against this.man,? Sub-Inspector Gordon: Yes your Worship, but there are so many proubited persons now that it is diffi■ult for hotclkceeepers to keep ac:ount.
His Worship (to accused). I could. ,'ivi- you three months' imprisonment,. uid 1 believe that would do you good md kfey you away from drink. I'll.
ry you with a month to start with,. ;i Mount Eden. Your prohibition, uder expnes on November 4, will; ou consent to renewal?
Accused: It will do ho good, for I can get drink at the hotels all the
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81867, 17 October 1906, Page 2
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198A DRINK VICTIM. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81867, 17 October 1906, Page 2
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