MASTERTON MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 27 July 1912, Page 5

MASTERTON MAGISTRATE'S COURT

LICENSIN CCASES. At ,t" Masborbon Maaigstirato's Court yesterday, before Mr L. O. IReid, S.M.. Archibald Chambers was <Jharged with /hlivimg brought liquor into iMasterton. without giving the required. notification. Mr G. H. Oullcai appeared for accueod, Who pleaded not iguilty. '>, Sergeant Miliar etr.,' •.! "that about X 8.46 on t/lic- night of J a!y I.lth he, in •with Constable Dunphy, saw accused in a trap driveui Iby a man maimed Kang. The trap had no IKght attached, and' witness suspected thnt tJhere was lliquor in it ho vehicle. A search resuLted in three bottles being -found. Tho accused appeared quite ■sljupid in the tra.p,, but on descending lie said that ho got tho whisky at tho Tar::ltaliii Hotel. On Jluly 13th accused said that 'ho obtainfed tSvo bottles At tho Tairatahi foir himself, and tihe •ther (bottle belonged to a man named MeEwcin. The latter hpk.l stated to the -fiergeantt that one bottle had been purchased' (by 'him at the laratahi | %otel, and given to accused to take . for Biiim. Accused took the Serto Ms fliouao, imk! showed him i3io empty bottJios, remarking that all the liquor had Ibeen consumed. ■ Constable Gannody, ■of Carterton, asaid that he visited the hotels at Carterton and the Hvratahi, and Ifroin en«fuin;e£, made ascent ala red that no liquor liad been sold to either of the tlhree hion in the evoning. Mrs Dou- - fy&s, wife of the prop l ™ tor of the TTaratahi Hotels toldi him on Saturday July J.'ith, that kid iiquor hud' been jßold Iby her do the men, but on. the . -following MandayvMrk Doughs stated to ihim that..tho men il;ad purchased ibe .liquor ait the hotel.

Archibald Chambers said that King, i k McEvven and himsctlf tdlled in at the T, Taratahi (Hotel on Ibhei r way to Car"torton, ajid bought a bottle of whig- J iky each. They went on to Carterton, Heaving the whisky at the Taijaitaihi Hotel, 'imtonlding to .pick it up on *hon- return. MaEwen did not come fcack with them, -but gave tib© accused «*• bottle of whisky, .purchased at Carftortan, to hiring homo for them. He was drank on airmvilng art; IVfacsfter- I ton. ! CTeorgo King and Johar McEwen gave similar evidence. Sis Wbrshiip hold that a .breach 3iad bmi oomtrmtted, on dinflfoMl a , ; -.£,ne of 20s and cc'sts.. ■ Slaving /sold liquor at Masterton 011 July 4th, Mr 11, Hart, of Oaaterton, appeared for accused. Fraauk Reeves, (labourer, of Te Ore j Ore, said that ho had been in Haiwke/s J Bajr recently, and returned to Mas- ! tertoii on July Mi, lie" CaJll6 to Mas- j tortoni in company \vith a man nanicd I H. FawcefJt. On cirri val at Mastertra they came to the P.rin/oe of Wales Hotel, witness paying the faro for 'bo-th of them. Witness, Fawoett, H. CJray and accused entered t!he hatcil 'together and went into a sitting-, ■room. Woodham produced from another voom ( a bottle of water and. four anid asked witness to produce tffoe j liquor. Witn«S6 replied that he had no liquor. Accused tdien aisked if he had amy money, and on receiving an affirmative reply 'said that he could *H5«a get .some liqiuor. Witness handed over £l, and accused weiut away., reitfUfl-nang in a monut'ee with the liquor. Accused gave Ihi'm 10s di.itnge. Kawoett then a died witness for a ioan of the moiney. They all had a driok of whisky, and witness took charge elf *tihe hot tie. Faiveett. and ite th?.rii went to Taratahi, being driven by Weodham. Un arrival at Carterton. iwitntess found that a3! his Money except 2s wais musing. The po-

~ iio® jvere communicated with about "the theft of the, money. Accused came liim on July 18th and epoko imbout the oaee, a'ski;n,g him fif Jie were tgoing • to stick to th© (statement made by iiim at Carterton during the hearilig of the theft caya against Fawwtt in cdAnecrtion. with the liquor. Witness implied iin the affirmative and' accu&ed said, "Ycai toid lane lie, anyway." Acensed wppeared to ivish to istirike up * conversation,, tout witness moved away. Questioned by Mr Hart, Harry Fawcett ytated tk'at bet saw no bottle of liquor in Reeves' 'possession, in the train. Harry Gray, cab-driver, of Master- I stated that lie wate at .the r-rtihvay ■ when Fawcett and Reeves arrived. Rjeeves engaged his cab, and «atd that he had a menage folium'. Mr Hart: "If Reeves denies saying tlfaa/b lie had' a> message for you, would lie foe telling an untruth ?" Witness: "Yes." Gray, -further stated' that Reeves eaid, "We will have a drink when we get do™ town." Woodham then came up, and 'Reeves told him to follow them up. (Reeves asfred witness to change £l, 'but (he could not do so. The ipcaind was not produced. They

drove to the iPriuco ef Wales Hotel, •and entered a si- '1 room. He did- not see the ibottle produced, and went outside ifor a minute or so, and on, re* 'turning «. .bottle of whisky and four glasses were on- the ta'ble. He could liot (Bay i where either liad co*ne from. He 3(«d a drink and went out. Cross-examined, witness stated that he could 'not say who entered the cab linst. He did not see a bottle produced in the hotel and ooulld not Bay from whence it cvim. He did not .see aWy ai:oney pa-sseck Arthur Woodhaui, eabdriver, defendant, remembered seeing Fa-wcett and I Reev<es coming off the -train. They went to the Prince of iWall'es Hotel, and he iieaird Fjwcett and Reeves talkung about producing a bottle. He tih-en. enw a ibiottle «iad four glaestes on"Mie table, bulb where Wiev came from he couldn't -say. H'e did not tell Reeves (that die could get a bottle if ho ('Reeves) wanted one. Ho (witnese) weuvt out to change a pound n!ote. He got the -change from one of the paeseits by, 'tout was not. siure who it was. H© heard Reeves ankl Fawcett talking about a> ib'ottle, but did not know who Iproducted it. He had never got a bottle of whisky 'for a'nyone in Ma<s(tertan. The ca«e was adjourned until August loth.