A SERGEANT'S ADVENTURE.
SLY GROG-SELLING AT TAIHAPE. By Telegraph-Press Association. TAIHAPE, October 15. A sly grog case heard in the S.M. Court presented a unique feature. The evidence, showed that Sergeant Beattie, of the local police, proceeded to Utiku one Sunday night, and disguised by false whiskers and a slouch hat, applied for a bottle of beer at an alleged sly grug-shop. The seller warily asked who the would-be purchaser was. Sergeant Beattie replied "Joe Smith, who works at the mill." A bottle was then sold, and the Sergeant, removing his disguise, revealed himself, and with the police searched the house. The proprietor received a month's imprisonment on two charges, but is reported to have left for Australia. Another defendant on a similar charge was fined £lO.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3019, 16 October 1908, Page 5
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127A SERGEANT'S ADVENTURE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3019, 16 October 1908, Page 5
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