PRISON SENTENCE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 33, 9 February 1943, Page 4

PRISON SENTENCE

SLY GROG SELLER "PERNICIOUS PROFITEERING" "We are passing through very dreadful and anxious times, and one of the consequences is that large numbers of our young men are away from home influences and exposed to temptations." said Mr. Justice Callan to-day when Reginald Joseph Parfitt, a slaughterman, aged 32, came before him for sentence foxsly grog selling in premises in Shortland Street, having been found guilty by a jury. His Honor added that not only New Zealand young men, but also the young men from an Allied nation were removed from their homes and exposed to special temptations, and there were great incentives to some people to indulge in this pernicious form of war profiteering. It had become prevalent, and the good name of Auckland had been besmirched by this sort of thing. In reply to a plea by Mr. Henry that Parfitt be released on probation to work in an essential industry, knowing that a sharp sentence would follow any lapse, his Honor said that would entail the police in the difficult task, of again catching the man. He had been some months in the premises he was occupying and had been three times convicted of selling liquor without a license, showing an obstinate determination to pursue this illegal course. For the protection of young men there was only one thing to do, and the accused would be sentenced to six months hard labour. All the liquor seized by the police would be ordered to be confiscated and to be field for sale.