COURT NEWS

Grey River Argus, 30 April 1932, Page 8

COURT NEWS

(Per Press Association). BLENHEIM, April 29. At the Pieton Court yesterday, Ernest Charles Lawrence, proprietor of the Portage Boardinghouse, Marlborough Sounds, pleaded guilty to three charges of selling drink without a license.

A Wellington detective staying at the house had no difficulty in obtaining beer and whisky, for which the guests played table tennis. A quantity of liquor was seized. It was explained by defendant that holiday-makers clubbed in and arranged for him to get liquor for them. Defendant was fined £25 on the first charge, and £2 each on the other charges. WELLINGTON, April 29. Satisfied that some hens and ducks, bought by a Chinese, Leo Chong, and kept by him in a box, were not properly cared for, and came within the statute forbidding cruelty, Mr Page, S.M., fined the offender £4. It was explained by defendant that they were for a Chinese feast, and all but one had been killed and eaten. WELLINGTON, April 29. A further remand was granted today to May 6, in the case of Horace Frank Livermore, charged with the murder of the child,- Vera Forster, at ! Upper Hutt. NOTE PRINTERS TO PAY. £610,392 FOR FORGED ISSUE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, April 28. The House of Lords dismissed Waterlow’s (printers) appeal and increased the Bank of Portugal’s damages to £610,392. Costs, expected to be £95,000, w r ere awarded to the Bank of Portugal, the Governor of which declares he had always had confidence in British justice. The case was decided by a majority verdict of three to two.