A POWDER FOR "BEEREATERS."

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13160, 25 April 1906, Page 6

A POWDER FOR "BEEREATERS."

The zeal displayed in the cause of temper- ' aiice by John O'Neil, a dealer, was responsible for his appearance recently before the Colli ngwood (Victoria) Bench, on a charge of having administered a pernicious thing, in the form of a powder, with intent to an- ' noy Thomas Utting. The latter had been drinking, and accused offered him 6d if he would take a certain powder. Utting closed with the offer, and declared he would take moro at the same price. Later in the day Utting was seized with severe nausea, pains and prostration, and was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital. An analysis proved the powder to be tartar emetic. The accused told the police that he did not know . what the powders were. Ho called them "knock-outs," and gave- them to "beereaters when they asked him for sixpence. Ton minutes after taking the powder the 1 "beer-eater" would "go down wallop," and • when he got all right again in two or three , days would not touch beer for some months. The Bench discharged the a ecu sod, on the 1 ground that he had not intended to annoy < Utting, but to benefit him. , _________i