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A SUBSTANTIAL FINE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. At the Magistrate's Court at Geraldine to-day, Bernard Kennedy, a farm laborer, was charged with selling beer without a licenso at May-field, within the Ashburton no-license district. The police led evidence of complaints about young men being made drunk at accused's igtace, and of the finding there of two men under the influence of drink. They found one 18-gallon keg of beer tapped and another untapped; also two empty 10-gallon kegs. Defendant stated that he made a plant and,brewed the beer himself on the premises, filling the four kegs. He denied having sold any. TbJB was his first brew at Mayfleld. A Government analyst reported that a sample of the beer contained 5.6 per cent, of spirit. The Magistrate convicted accused and fined him £SO, giving him a fortnight to raise the money.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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144SLY GROG Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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