“A MORAL MENACE”
..I—■ ■■ PURCHASES OF DRINK FROM RESTAURANT (PRESS ASSOCIATXOH TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND. October 2. Purchases of drink on three occasions by police officers, followed by a search of the premises occupied by the: Persian Garden restaurant in the city, were described when the proprietress, hbr husband, arid an employee' appeared before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., on eight charges. The offences against the licensing laws were described by Sub-Inspector Scott, who prosecuted, as “a moral menace” through men taking young women to drink there. The defendants, for whom Mr F. W. Schramm appeared, altered their pleas from “not guilty” to “guilty." After hearing the evidence, Mrs Macgregor, the proprietress, was fined £lO. her husband £IOO, and the employee £2.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21904, 3 October 1936, Page 7
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