SLY GROG-SELLING IN THE KING COUNTRY.
OFFENDERS SENT TO PRISON.
REMARKS BY THE MAGISTRATE. [BY TKLKGR.UMI. —OWN CORRESPONDENT,]
Tk AsvAMTrriT, Wednesday Tin-; hearing of the King Country sly grogselling informations is still proceeding before Mr. H. W. Northeroft, S.M., Constable Hyde, of Ougarue, prosecuting. Four first offenders named George Heritage, William Hooks, Kay McQlynn, and Peter Joy, were each convicted and sentenced to one month's hard labour in Mound Eden, without lite option of a tine, The magistrate remarked at a previous Court his intention of clearing the King Country of sly grog-sellers one way or the other. It appeared to him that the inflicting of heavy tines was useless. For the future he would deal severely with offenders. Personally he considered the only Way to put a stop to sly grog-selling was either to prevent the liquor from being carried over the Te Awamutu-Puniu railway bridge, or to grant licenses.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12282, 28 May 1903, Page 5
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