A PATENT MEDICINE.
[BT TELEGBAM — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, 26th November. At the Police Court, the. first of a series of prosecutions against Auckland grocers for selling Steam's wine without being licensed to sell liquor was heard. William Winn, the defendant, sold a bottle of the wine. When analysed, it was found to contain 20.6 per cent, of alcohol by volume> 16.7 by weight, and 36.1 proof spirit. It was tho strength of good port wine. One witness said that flavouring essences were practically all spirit. Dr. Bamford said the question was of the greatest importance to the grocery trade, and would have far-reaching effects. The preparation -was a medicine, with the contents stated on the label. It was ostensibly medicine, and che mere fact that it might be intoxicating did not necessarily make ±t "liquor" within the definition in the Licensing Act. -Mr. (Jutten, S.M., reserved his decision.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1909, Page 3
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148A PATENT MEDICINE. Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1909, Page 3
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