MAXIMUM SENTENCE.
GAOL-THE CURE FOR SLY Gfto(3. (bt .i'Kt.£Gii\rK—snciAti connEjrbsDfeST.) Auckland, Jauuiiry 1?, '* The sly grog-seller'is ii public nuisance, said Mr. Dyer, S.M.; iii delivering judgmotit iii' 11 cusb yesterday. "Ho not only breaks tllo law himself, but ho demoralises the wholb ebmiliuliity. Men pay heavy fobs for licenses tb Soil liquor, and they ale bound to comply with the licensing laws, but men like you (addressing the defendant) carry Oil your demoralising trade after the hotels have closed and oil Sundays. You are a pcrfeet nliisilncb aiid a pest." Liitef 011 in the proceedings leniency was asked for iri the shape of a fine. '' Fihes aro no good," the Bench said chipliatically;, '' the only .tr'ajf. tb put this traflic doWn 'is inipiisolimolit. '.l'oi' Vheh niell arc faced with the prospect of gbtng to gaol it is generally eirei'tive." r I The inaxlhium' schtpiices imposed Sa _ea«h casf"
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 7
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148MAXIMUM SENTENCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 7
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