SATISFYING A THIRST.

NZ Truth, Issue 380, 5 October 1912, Page 6

SATISFYING A THIRST.

Two Years' Drought Ordered.

On Monday last before His Honor Sir, Joshua Wiliiams, Patrick Kelly came up for, sentence In the Supreme Court oh a charge of forging a document and detaining goods by same. The accused^ was committed from Gore. . : . " Lawyer Woodhouse appeared for- the Cr(rt?n, but the accused was unrepresented. . .. Si , ~ :..'., The circumstances .of the forgery arc peculiar m that the document was forged for the purposes of. obtaining beer, and -oh the presentation of the document, beer Was obtained. On September 12, Patrick Kelly presented himself at the lytandeville Hotel, owiied by Thomas Rupert Carrol, and told Carroll that he had been sent by Air Hahley, farmer at the "Waslvpool, Otamita, for five gallons of ibeer. Carroll asked if Kelly had an order, and on-'Kellx saying "N6," refused to supply the liquor. Later Kelly came back with the following order, which appeafred to . be 'written on ap iece of white, wrapping pap.er:— .- • » , ; "Please supply, per. Patrick Kelly, * fiye 'gallon's of bee>.— M. Hahley.' Carroll asked accused if >ie had brought a five gAlloli jar* and when Kelly said "No,'* Carroll gave him the only jar he had m the place, which was a two-gallon jar, and told Kelly he could get the balance later. In consequence of what Carroll heard later, he communicated with the police and Kelly was arrested. Hanley denied the signature to the order, or that he had given any such order: Lawyer "Woodhouse said, there were four previous convictions against accused at Gore. They were all on account of drink. The offences were committed between August 17, 1911, and January 18, 1912. . One was Cor drunkenness and there we're breaches of prohibition order. Jt was the desire I of his relatives that he should be sent for reformative treatment. Sir Joshua accordingly sent him to jlnvercargiH to spend the period mentioned m the Government Sunday School.