TEMPLE OF JUSTICE

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2314, 5 December 1925, Page 8

TEMPLE OF JUSTICE

SMELLS LIKE SHRINE OP LAUCiiIiS. EXHIBITS AT AUMARUNUI. [•noig'Btoossy ssoad ana] TAUMAKUNUI Last Night. Charges of keeping liquor for sale, for storing liquor and for failing generally to abide by the licensing regulations in procuring liquor for consumption in tho King Country, preferred against William Marsh, Alexander Campbell and Richard Tyley were continued in the Magistrate’s; Court before Mr Platts. During the progress of the case there were gallons of ale, wine and honey-mead stacked in a corner. The exhibits made the Court smell like an hotel bar, while the neat stacking of small kegs made one think one was in the cellar of a brewery. The liquor, by command of the Magistrate was confiscated and removed to tho police station. The Magistrate, in summing up, said the outstanding fact was that 240 quart bottles of ale had been got rid of in loss than a month. This was far too much for the consumption of two men even in a case of extended hospitality. He could not accept the statement that part of the liquor belonged to a few other persons, whose names accused woi/!d not disclose. Altogether Marsh had failed to satisfy the Court that he was not keeping liquor for sale and tho <»*ius was on him to clear himself. As the case was not of the usual type, a fine of £SO would be inflicted, together with costs. Accused wotfld \e given a month in which to find the money. Tyley was fined £5 and Campbell’s case was adjourned.