DRAUGHT BEER
Put Into Labelled Bottles
PUBLICAN’S OFFENCE
CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 13
For a breach of the Licensing Aet arising out of bottling draught beer, Matthew Kelly, licensee of the Oxford Hotel, Colombo street, was fined ihe minimum of £2O. Kelly pleaded guilty to a charge that having in his possession bottles with labels affixed he used such bottles to bottle liquor.
The proßcculor said that a sergeant and ft constable visited the hotel for the purpose o f taking samples of liquor. Under a counter in a private bar they found twelve bottles, ton of which had Ward and Company’s labels, but none had proper clips. Tn reply to the sergeant's question why the bottles bad wrong caps, Kelly said that he bad bottled Ward's draught beer in them. He also said be did not know lie was committing a breach of the Licensing Act. Counsel said he was going to ask for leniency, but he understood the minimum fine was “It is a serious offence under the Licensing Aet. but I suppose it is a sign of ihe times. ' said the Magistrate, Mr E 1). Moslev. Counsel said be had been assured that the beer was taken from a Ward's keg,
The police added that Kelly said he had not sold any of the beer. It was in the nature of an experiment.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 232, 13 September 1934, Page 7
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