HOW PROHIBITION PROHIBITS.
Dunedin, November 11
At Balclutha to-day, Mr Hawkins, S.M., fined William Hay, the occupier of the premises known as the Farmers 5 Arms, <£4o and costs for selling- beer and whisky illegally. An order was made for the confiscation of about eight gallons of whisky found on the premises. The charge against a groom of being illegally on the premises when the seizure was made was dismissed. Under examination, the witnesses in the case against Hay admitted having had liquor at another so-called boardinghouse and paying for it, and another information, is to follow.
New Plymouth, November 11
At the Police Court to-day a Maori was fined <£2o and costs for taking beer into a prohibited district. He pleaded ignorance of the law.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1290, 19 November 1896, Page 41
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