LICENSING CASE.
' .LIQUOR SOLD AT AWAKINO. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon Mr. A. Crookc, S.M., gave liis reserved judgment in the case in which Joseph P. Broiigh wa's charged with (1) unlawfully keeping for sale a case of liquor, and (2) with selling a case of liquor in the Awakino and Mokau district, which is ii no-license area. The case for the police was to the effect that on November 18 defendant received it ease of whisky, part of the contents of which were taken by two other men, who, according to the police, denied that they had an interest in the ease of whisky. Sub-Inspector Fouhy prosecuted, and Mr. A. H. Johnstone appeared for defendant.
After reviewing evidence at length, the Magistrate said that out of the mass of lies it was impossible to disclose the thread of truth. He declined to accept the statements made by the defendant and his witnesses, and was therefore compelled to record a conviction. A fine of £ls, with costs £6, was inflicted on the charge of selling liquor, the second charge of exposing liquor for sale being withdrawn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1916, Page 6
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187LICENSING CASE. Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1916, Page 6
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