IN THE COURTS
SLY'-GEOG SELLER: FINE OF £IOO (Press Assocuxlion.i GORE, Jan- 24. At the Gore Court to-day James Henry Boding faced a charge that spirits on which full duty was not, paid were found on his premises at Mataura on December 30. Tho Collector of Customs described defendant as a distributor of illicit spirit known as “Hokonui” whisky, which was most dangerous to drink from a health point of view. Under the Distillation Act, any person purchasing illicit whisky, was liable to a fine of £SO, and heavy imprisonment. The Magistrate, Mr Dixon, convicted accused, saying that he bad previously been warned. Accused no doubt carried on in a small way. Bottling was fined £IOO, and given three months in which to pay.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19330125.2.21
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11842, 25 January 1933, Page 4
Word Count
124IN THE COURTS Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11842, 25 January 1933, Page 4
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in