SLY GROG IN MATAURA.
PROSECUTIONS AND POLICE METHODS. : tUiUTJsp Pbhhs Association.] (JOREr Friday. The last of the sly grog cases, that against Mary A. Byron, was dismissed, as the police evidence was not corroborated to the Magistrate's satisfaction. Mr Haulon, who defended, referring , • to the methods" of obtaining convictions, said it must be remembered that, a constable was paid by results over and above His salary. , Inspector Mitchell interjected : "Not necessarily." ■ Mr Hanlon, • continuing, said that the constable Bad' sworn that the reward rested with the Commissioner, ' and he was forced to admit that the /) convictions affected him from a monc--~"'ary point of view. The other witness was a common informer, who adnjjtted.thaf he was so not for money but for the love of the tiling. ■There is a great deal of feeling in the town .against, tho informer, wlio • was taken^lrom the courthouse to the . railway station '"by back ways under the escort/ of two constables.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 6 March 1909, Page 3
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157SLY GROG IN MATAURA. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 6 March 1909, Page 3
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