MQRE SLY GROG-SELLING
• (BT TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) MASTEJITON. 17th October. A man was charged to-day at_ the Magistrate's Court with selling liquor without a. license. He was fined £26. Another case against another slygrogger yiejded a fine of £540. INVEKCAEGtILL CASE AN OLD MAN CONVICTED OF SLY GROG-SELLIN V G. (IT TELEGRAPH — PRLSS ASSOCIATION.) INVERCARGILL, 6th November. At the Police Court to-day, an elderly man was charged with sly ' grogselling, before Mr. ' T. Hutchison, S.M. The accused pleaded guilty, and was fined £20. A man was also charged with firing a revolver a,t_ another, with intent to do grievous bodily ha I'm. This was the issue of a keg party, and the accused, who was also Wounded by a bullet in the left cheek, was committed for trial. Many more cases of a similar character could be cited, but these will suffice to show how degrading the influence of no-license has proved in New Zealand in no-license areas, and electors will not support the "proposal that such a debasing influence should be extended in this country. All intelligent men and women will therefore strike out the bottom line on both ballot-papers to-morrow. — Published by arrangement.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1914, Page 2
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195MQRE SLY GROG-SELLING Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1914, Page 2
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