SLY GROG CHARGE

Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1940, Page 6

SLY GROG CHARGE

IN NO LICENSE AREA. Vper P.ess Association—Copyright). AUCKLAND, December 10. The tenant of a State house at Tirotai Crescent, Grey Lynn, Speuppy Rab-: ert Ellis Baker (Mr Robinson), appeared in the Magistrate’s Court on two churgcs of establishing a. lottery, threp. Of selling liquor without a license) Valid; others of keeping liquor for sale and using premises as q yesort for the con-* suipption of liquor in a no-license arpp. Defendant pleaded, qot guilty. , Sergeant Drown, who executed a search warrant at the house at 1f,40 p.m. on November 9, described ’ Hndfnjg: ‘22 persons of hath sexes presenf.' t>p-, fendant told the witness that tbpsy on, the premises had contributed fO-th,®. cost of the beer drunk. . : Tlie results of three nights’, citjsdrvatlon of thp delfendant’s hpU s £ j.fW de*: tailed by Constables Grifijih ; and Wade. ' Between' 8.25 p.m. on ipjefobef 26 and 2 a.m) on the follqw.ing about 50 persons entered the hW St “- There appeared to he a noisy drjnking party in progress, and many offlm?® who left were definitely under the ibfluence of liquor. Before the ppljpo’ party arrived on the night of the raid, said Constable Griffith, two soldibfi*. and two girls left the house in vprj drunken' condition. The guests appdrV/ ently had-a- lree run of the house, . ox~ cept for one-.room where the children were ip bed'. • • Evidence was given by Edward’ Cariter, of Ney Zealand • Breweries, Ltd., that 82 gallons of, beer were supplied to tb.e defendant duriqg three months. Constable Anderson-said that on five- ! visits he paid to parties at the house' a considerable amount of liquor was consumed. When a keg said', defendant took the hat rqUnd to collect money ’to l>ny piqre beer, Wjf-* ness twice saw defendiiiit # looked room after he had received the money, and take, out, a new keg. . / Evideqce was given by tlie defendant ’ that he. had been asked by two friends' ’ in the fof pergiissipbtp bq]d* Pklf: ies ip hie- hQh 9 ff-.: They ; money to buy beer, and knew nothing pf.''?my- ,cQ|ep|iphk;^keii -:up for liquor. No charge 'jhad^foy ahd ho ’denied that he-’h/ipf EtakenVphrt.in any rdfUbG : i Other Witnesses : gaVe(evidence, .’ ’ 1,. The .Iffiiaring was adjaurhed.-4 - iT ■ .r.i :