AN UNFORTUNATE CALL
CANVASSER TRIES THE POLICE MAN.
The case of a very unlucky man was revealed in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when Herbert Davenport Monsell appeared on a charge of canvassing for wine orders in Lyall Bay, which is a no-license district.
Senior Sergeant Lander stated that Monsell, the "local agent for a firm of wine merchants, on his rounds soliciting orders, called at the house of the resident policeman of the district. The constable informed accused that he was in a drv district, and the latter had said that he was unaware of the fact that the district was dry. Mr. E. Page, S.M., said be had no doubt tire offence was committed innocently, but a wine canvasser should make himself conversant with the licensing laws. He imposed a fine of £2, with costs.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 60, 4 December 1926, Page 13
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136AN UNFORTUNATE CALL Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 60, 4 December 1926, Page 13
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