SLY-GROG SELLING.
ON"E MONTETS iTMiPRWOXMENT. fßy Telegraph.—Own r^rrespondentl WKAXGAREI. thk day. Mr. P.ijre. S_M.. after a lengthy hearing, pave hie rlwhsion last in the caw n{ Yalvntinc Abraiiamß (Mr. Steadman), charged on two counts with illegally scllinj: liquor at Mopmmwhine on April its and 'iS. McHuire 'trstilieil that :ie had. it>oen served on iwo ociasions with liqil.or while jri civilian jrni«> by <lefendant. A Mubtwvjunnt raid by t!i<? police ditfclospd evidence of <lealings in liquor. Defendant wan previously convicted and fin«i for a fiirailar oflVnce, ■Xump.rouß witmeser! "were called Jor the defence to prove that therp was no wliieky on the premieeß on ihe date stated I>y Constable MciJiiire.
A native named Kaikou cave evidp.nce. that he was offered- £20 by the policp if he could arrange to pnorure liquor from Abrahams. This was characterised Iry Scrpeajit Moorp and Constable Condnn as ".i dastardly He,' , whrfh they denied on oath. The Magistrate held the oaev for the proapcution pkarly established, and sentenced Abrahams 'to on-e month's imprisonment on each charge, the to be concurrejit.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 125, 27 May 1914, Page 7
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174SLY-GROG SELLING. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 125, 27 May 1914, Page 7
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