SELLING TOBACCO TO BOYS
[Special to ths.Star.] INV ERG ARGILLj November 6. i „At the Police Court this morning Daniel I Hamilton (storekeeper) War-charged under l ~ J uv ? n >l e Smokers Act with having a sold a tin of tobacco to-a boy of eight I J, y® j rs ; The defendant pleaded not guilty, I 1 and in his evidence swore that he never 0 sold tobacco to the boy, but added that a he had sold three clay pipes to another s boy m order to blow bubbles. The lad 1 ; ® a id he bought the tin, and that they - 1 J? ou ?bk the pipes to smoke with. Do--1 ■ fendant and his wife said that they fres ) quently supplied tobacco to boys or an 9 i ?' d *\ Cruickshank, S.M., remarked i that shopkeepers must not supply tobacco • in . an y shape or form to boys with or r without an order. He was satisfied the ; tobacco had been sold. As it was a first , offence, the defendant would be fined ss, . with 7s costs.
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Evening Star, Issue 12101, 6 November 1908, Page 5
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