FINES FOR DRUNKENNESS.
THE QUESTION OF SAIL, [BI TBUSQIUPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WANQANUI. Friday. A matter of more than local interest was discussed in the Magistrate's Court to-day, -when Senior-fiergeant Lopdell 1 asked Mr. Barton, S.M.* for direction in regawlto fines for drunkenness so that the police would know what bail to demand. He pointed out that where a drunken man or woman from another town or district was liberated on bail sometimes the fines inflicted did not equal the amount of bail, and this left a sum in hand which was likely to prove a nuisance in the keeping of accounts. The Clerk oi the Court explained that at one time they had a regulation that this money was to be paid into the Courts and held for 12 months and if not claimed it went into the Consolidated Fund. The magistrate said he considered it proper that the Crown should get the money. In most instances the offenders were waiting on the doorstep to collect any surplus lety over from their bail, after the fines, had been deducted.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18233, 28 October 1922, Page 8
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179FINES FOR DRUNKENNESS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18233, 28 October 1922, Page 8
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