RESEMBLED A BAR

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 62, 6 December 1930, Page 11

RESEMBLED A BAR

Sly-Grogger’s Premises BIG STOCK OF DRINK By Telegraph—Press Association. Ashburton, December 5. “It was like a bar,” commented Mr. Orr Walker, S.M., during the hearing of a case in which Albert Wallis appeared before him to-day on three charges of selling liquor without a license, one of exposing liquor forsale* and three of consenting to the consumption of liquor on premises on which it was sold. The police stated that in a raid 534 bottles of beer, some five and ten-gallon kegs of beer, besides parcels of whisky, cider, wine, and brandy were seized. The defendant was fined £lOO on the first of the selling charges, and was ordered to pay costs. The exposing charges and the charges of consenting to consumption were withdrawn. TWICE RAIDED Liquor Sold Without License By I'elegralJ' firs- nciatiun Ashburton, December 5. Francis Joseph Hanrahan was fined £35 and his wife fined £5 to-day for selling liquor without a license. The police stated that the male defendant was before the court last Friday on a similar charge. His premises were raided twice and 38 bottles of beer and other liquor were seized. Counsel entered a plea of guilty, explaining that the defendant had been an agent for a Christchurch hotel and had acted under a misapprehension as to his rights. The defendants were allowed two weeks to fln4 the money. ’■