CONSTABLE'S RUSE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 195, 15 February 1912, Page 4

CONSTABLE'S RUSE.

SLY GROG-SELLER RECEIVES A SURPRISE.

Christchurch, February 13. An amusing story is being told about a sly grog raid in Christchurch a few days ago. A _ certain house had fallen under suspicion, but the difficulty was to get evidence which would support a charge, 6eedng that the employment of informers is now prohibited.

The problem was solved by a young constable, who, effectively disguised as a simple and confiding countryman, obtained admission to the house and bought liquor to his heart's content. It is said that, as a matter of fact, the constable was known to the occupier of the house, but ■ his disguise, which included bushy whiskers, completely concealed his identity. The young officer actually won a few shillings at a game known as "a shilling in," but by some trickery, which he did not deem it judicious to resent, he was relieved of his winnings. When he left the house, ostensibly to seek lodgings, he received a mast cordial invitation to return, the occupier evidently fully believed that he had drawn a simple tiller of the soil into his web. He was absolutely overwhelmed when his "hayseed" friend returned shortly afterwards at the head of a raiding force.