THE LICENSING ACT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10254, 5 June 1911, Page 3

THE LICENSING ACT.

j CHARGE OF SLY-GROG SELLING. EMILY HAVILAND SENT T') GAOL. Emily Haviland was charged m the Magistrate's Court- at Masterton oil Friday with a breach of the Licensing Act in having kept liquor for sale in a no-license district. Mr C. A. Pownall appeared for accused, who pleaded not guilty, an( ] Sergeant Miller prosecuted. Constable Bird stated that lie had, according to instructions, watched the house of the accused on threo occasions, when he had seen several men passing in and out, and one was talk- | ing very loudly as if ho was under the influence of liquor. Witness assisted in the execution of the search warrant on May 10th. Sergeant Miller asked Mrs Haviland if there was any liquor in the house, to which she replied that she had none. In the back bedroom a bottle of beer was found under tlie mattrass. Tho search was oontinued, and at the foot of the bed under a loose piece of linoleum, a piece of tin was found nailed on one side over a whole in the floor about a foot square. On the ground underneath the whole of the eight bottles of beer and two bottles of whisky were discovered. Constable Dumphy also gave evidence as to seeing men. passing in and out of accused's house on different occasions, and corroborated the evidence of the previous witness concerning the search of the house. Constable Brown and Sergeant Miller gave corroborative evidence. This concluded the evidence for the prosecution. Richard Haviland, husband of de-1 fendant, stated that on March last when he was convicted for keeping | liquor for sale, there were still several bottles of liquor left in the hole in the floor which, at the time, was not discovered by the police. Witness said tho liquor produced in Court answered the description of the bottles he left, i Charles Jones, son of defendant, stated that the bottle of beer in the j bed belonged to him. Witness had > hidden it so that his brothers would not know ho had it. j

Emily Haviland, defendant, denied any knowledge of the liquor that was in the hole in the floor. The first time she saw the bottles was when the constables produced them. His Worship said that it was impossible to overlook the evidence of the constables that so many people visited the house and came out under the influence of liquor. He was not prepared to consider the evidence of Richard Haviland and Charles Jones. Mr Pownall asked that accused be ordered to come up for sentence when called upon on condition that she left the district.

His Worship stated that it was a second offence, and accused had been warned when her husband was sentenced, and such a lenient view oould not be taken of the case. Accused would be sentenced to one month's imprisonment. An order was made for the forfeiture of the liquor.