WHERE ARE THE POLICE ?
A correspondent in one of the far North townships complains that the Licensing Act is being deliberately ignored in that district, and that the authorities wink at illegal practices, such as paying workmen in spirits and goods, instead of cash.' One of the partners in a firm which hold a wholesale license, but breaks the law every day, is a Justice of the Peace. Our correspondent says, " They sell single bottles of ale for 2s, and I was told this by a man who had frequently obtained drink in this way, and was tight at the time. The same firm nominated and now control the Licensing Committee, the members being their servants, and subject to their dictation. In another part of the country a publican openly sells drink to the natives, though in a district where this has been prohibited, and his billiardroom is kept open till daylight on Sunday mornings." I informed the local policeman of these
goings on' the other : day, and he remarked^: "What is the use of getting up a^tase ? I could, not secure a conviction." No wonder this state of things is permitted to exist, when the administrators of the law are themselves the offenders; • ■
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Observer, Volume 4, Issue 85, 29 April 1882, Page 99
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204WHERE ARE THE POLICE? Observer, Volume 4, Issue 85, 29 April 1882, Page 99
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