SLY GROG CONVICTION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 45, 22 January 1926, Page 4

SLY GROG CONVICTION.

LIQUOR AT AONGATETE. A BOARDING HOUSE KEEPER. WAIHI, Jan. 20. Charged that on the evening of November 28 he supplied to a native at Aongatete liquor not for consumption on licensed premises, and also, that being an unlicensed person under the provisions of the Licensing Act, 1908, he sold liquor at Aongatete, David Marshall, boarding-house keeper, appeared before Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M., at AVailii to-day. He was represented by Mr E. J. Clendon, Thames, who pleaded guilty on his behalf. Senior-Sergeant Mac Lean said that since accused had started tho business of supplying meals to tho workers on the railway line the contracting company had 'been troubled by drunken men. On the evening of November 28 tho police sent a native to accused’s premises. The native returned with a bottle of beer, for which he said he had paid 2s. A raid was then carried out, and large quantities of liquor were found on the premises. A sample of whisky on analysis showed 61.2 per cent proof spirit. Mr Clendon said tho sergeant had suggested that Marshall was in the habit of selling liquor. There was nothing to suggest that. Ho had 57 boarders, who were probably thirsty men, and because liquor was on the premises was no reason to assume that it was all his. A witness for the defence gave proof that one case of ale belonged to him. Mr Clendon said that both charges arose out of one set of circumstances. Accused was convicted and fined £2O and costs £8 13s. The liquor, with the exception of the ale belonging to the witness, was ordered to be confiscated.