LIQUOR IN DRY AREA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23123, 23 August 1938, Page 13

LIQUOR IN DRY AREA

900 BOTTLES DISCOVERED FINE OF £ls IMPOSED [by telegraph —own correspondent] WELLINGTON, Monday "This man was found to be brewing in an extensive way, and, in fact, it compared favourably with some of the little breweries in this country," said Sub-Inspector D. A. McLean, in the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, when Hector Clark, wharf labourer, Aro Street, Wellington, was charged with keeping liquor in a no-licence area. Clark's wife, Florence Clark, was charged with selling beer in a nolicence area. Mr. W. C. Carroll was on the Bench. Both defendants pleaded guilty. Hector Clark was fined £ls and Mrs. Clark was convicted and ordered to pav costs. Clark was allowed one month in which to pay the fine. No difficulty was experienced by the police in obtaining a sale from the female defendant, Sub-Inspector McLean stated. Subsequently a warrant was obtained and the place searched. The male defendant at this time was ill in bed. No obstruction was put in the way of the police. , Clark said he was making homebrewed beer and stout for his own con- < sumption. When the search was made bottles were found, and a had feature of the case was that most of the bottles still had labels on corresponding with recognised brands of beer. The police took possession of JiOO quart bottles of home-brew beer, 467 pint bottles of home-brew, one quart bottle of home-brew stout, 2-1 pint bottles of stout, and 34 half-pint bottles.