LIQUOR NEAR HALL.
'A charge of drinking intoxicating , liquor near a dance hall, was admitted ,j by William Guest at the Qtaliuhu Police ■ Court yesterday. ■■ •••■i', .'_ . ■ . Constable Poll, for the police, said that s while a. dance was in program a.t Papatoetoe v>ll Jtme a, lie found defendant drinking wine. In explanation, he said ' h 0 had not had that sort of wine before 1 and did not think it was intoxienting. Tlie magistrate, Mr. W. R. McKean, " S.M., said Guest have been simple I enough not to know the wine was in- ; toxieating, and he would make the fine a little less. A , fine of 20/, with costs j i 2 /> £** imposed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 161, 9 July 1940, Page 8
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113LIQUOR NEAR HALL. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 161, 9 July 1940, Page 8
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