LIQUOR AFTER HOURS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21876, 11 August 1934, Page 14

LIQUOR AFTER HOURS

WARNING BY MAGISTRATE

LICENSEE FINED £lO

PROSECUTIONS AT PAPAKURA

Charges of exposing liquor for sale and opening licensed premises for the sale of liquor after hours and of failing to admit a constable were brought against Hugh Arnold Pollock, of the Papakura Hotel, in the Papakura Police Court yesterday before Mr. F. H. Levien, S.M. l<'ive young men were charged with being found 011 licensed premises after hours. They had been found in the bar of the hotel 011 the evening of Saturday, July 28. Mr. S. ]). l?ice entered pleas of guilty oft; behalf of all defendants.

On the application of Sergeant Cowan the charge against Pollock of opening for the sale of liquor was withdrawn. Sergeant Cowan said that on the date in question Constables' Holland and White entered the hotel by the private door at 9 p.m. Constable Holland found the bar door locked and on knocking received no reply. He heard someone inside say, "It's Holland," and about two minutes later the door was opened. The place was lighted inside and liquor was exposed for sale. The barman was also seen to remove something from the bar counter.

Mr. Rice said that one of the young men lived out of Papakura. He often stayed overnight at the hotel and on this occasion had had dinner there and fully - intended to remain the night. However, two men called to give him a lift home and he invited them to have a drink. It was in the licensee's favovir that the door was locked, for it showed that the place was not free and open to alii

Sergeant Cowan said that Pollock had been convicted and fined £3 on April 13 last for keeping the premises open • and his barman had also been similarly fined. Pollock had also been convicted on June 15, 1932, for a licensing breach. "I want to warn the licensee that if he appears again he may be punished in some other manner," said Mr. Levien. "He may be dealt with to the fullest extent as far as endorsement of his licence is concerned."

The young men found in the bar were each fined £1 with 10s-costs. . Pollock was fined £5 with 10s costs on each charge.