REQUESTS FOR WHISKY
MARRIED WOMAN'S ACTIONS SEQUEL IN THE COURT "This woman came under the notice of residents in Fden Terrace by going into houses and flats and asking for whisky, first for her sick mother, and later for her sick husband," said SubInspector Fox, when G-witha Gould, aged 40, a married woman (Mr. Aekins), was charged in the Police Court vesterdav with being helplessly drunk in Fdelt Street on February 21. Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., was on the Bench. Mr. Fox said there had been .complaints about the woman's actions, and as a result of one of them she was found hopelessly drunk, and arrested. She had one previous conviction for drunkenness, and had been receiving medical attention for a week. She wanted the liquor for herself. "She has been in custody for a week," said Mr. Aekins. "Her husband will keep an eye on her in future, and se" that she does not go astray. He thinks she should be prohibited." Accused was convicted ' and ordered to come up for sentence within six months if called on, ordered to pay medical expenses, £1 4s Gd, and to take out a prohibition order.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22975, 1 March 1938, Page 16
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195REQUESTS FOR WHISKY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22975, 1 March 1938, Page 16
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