THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE.

Lake County Press, Issue 2136, 20 September 1906, Page 5

THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE.

In tho Magistrates Court, Oaioaru, on Friday morning, before Major Koddel, S.M., Chas. Ko irus, a second hind dea'er, pleaded guilty to keeping liquor for sale in a no-license area, and was lined £'so and costs.

In the Clutha sly-grog cases that against G. Fisher was dismissed. Marshall was sentenced to three mouths'imprisonment, and Liston wis lined £SO. In tho twn last cases notice of appeal has been given. Further charges are pending. A railway man who went clown to Invoicargill on a week's lo ive from Dunedin, was fined £SO on conviction for selling whisky out <>f a bottle on the street, lie did not deny being in possession of n shilling's worth of whisky bought at I lie Bluff for his own use, and giving a man a nip from the country, win was wot and cold. This man gave evidence that he paid accused sixpence for tho whisky. William Scot'., bookmaker, was charged at tho Wellington I'olico Court with laying tote odds with Henry Urielly at Riccarton on 3rd August, linerly and Scott's clerk gave evidence for tho prosecution. Counsel for the defence contended thai there was no proof of tute odds being laid. Witnesses for the prosecution admitted that there was a specified limit to the odds whereas tote odds were unlimited. Mr Kiddoll, 5..M., gave judgment in connection with the three informations of having entered into bets, that if the horses Prospector, Gazely, and Shrapnel won certain races sums of money would 1)0 paid I" Brierly and the amount would be dependent upon the working of 'die totalisator. His Worship imposed » fine of £ls on the first information and £2 10s ou each of the other two, costs £1 ss. Three licensees of hotels in Wellington were charged with having applied false trade descriptions to whisky contained in bottles sold by them. Counsel for the police stated that the informations had lioen laid to test whether it was admissible for publicans to fill up empty case whisky bottles with draught whisky and sell it as of the brand appearing on the bottles. Whisky purporting to be of two wellknown brands had been purchased, but whon analysed it was shown to dill'er materially from the standard. Counsel for the defence submitted that the Act has no application to putting liquor in bottles and selling it in nips over a counter. it only applied to selling full bottles. Conn-s-e! for tho police said one object of tho prosecution was to show tho trade that this practice must stop. The Magistrate reserved his decision.