LIQUOR LAW BREACHES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20229, 13 April 1929, Page 14

LIQUOR LAW BREACHES.

'ILLICIT SALES OF, BEER* RESTAURANT-KEEPERS FINED. / •CONSTABLES SERVED OPENLY. Polico,raids on premises suspected to Idq trading illegally in liquol', had sequels in tho Police Court yesterday, when 'charges of sly-giog selling were heard. ."Dalmatians were characterised by tho (police as being among the worst offenders in Auckland/ in tho matter of committing such breaches of the Licensing Act. "Itis our suspicion that nearly every Dalmatian restaurant or sweets shop in Auckland is also a sly-grog shop," said Sub-Inspector McCarthy, to Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M. Cases containing an assortment of wino and beer bottles were displayed in Court. Said to have done a flourishing trade, 'Jtiha Davis, middle-aged, pleaded guilty to a charge of selling beer at his premises in Groy's Avenue, without a licence. ■Bottles of liquor were found on, the premises when a visit was paid by police officers. Accused was fined £25, and the liquor was forfeited. Sub-Inspector McCarthy: I have never had such a bad case of sly-grog selling in all mv experience in this city. Davis' place was fitted up with a cellar, and ho was practically carrying on a hotel business." Two constables wero easily sible to obtain drink, which was served on a table just as if they had been buying lemonade. They could secure beer to lako away. All the proprietor seemed to rare about was the safe departure of the customers from the building. It was stated that accused had not Tuado much money out of the practice, and that ho was not financially strong. This was taken into account by tho magistrate in fixing the penalty. A Dalmatian restaurant-keeper, Mate Isizich, was fined £ls on a charge of selling liquor on his premises in Victoria Street without a licence. The beer discovered on tho place was ordered to be forfeited. It was stated that accused was leaving New Zealand that day. "I am letting him off £lO lighter than I would have done had lie been staying here," said tho magistrate. On a charge of delivering in a nolicenco area seven bottles of wine in a packago on which there was no statement 1o the effect that it contained liquor, tieoige Langley Bradloy was fined £1 Charged with selling liquor after hours, Walter G. Rae, licensee of the Riverhead Hotel, pleaded not guilty. 'After hearing the evidence the magistrate (dismissed tho information.