ILLICIT DISTILLING
ITINERARY HAWKER CHARGED SPIRIT 135 PER CENT. PROOF (Per United Press Association) WANGANUI, May 30. A itinerant hawker, William David Wilson, was fined £SO by Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M., for having in his possession apparatus or utensils intended, or suitable, for distilling or compounding spirits, at Upokongaro, between March 20 and 23, not having 'first obtained a licence for the same. Charges of unlawfully making and deriving a profit from spirits on which duty had not been paid were withdrawn. The still and a small quantity of spirits were exhibited in court. Analysis showed the latter to be 135 proof spirit The defendant in a letter stated that he was only experimenting with the still and had no intention of selling liquor. The apparatus was only a small one.-
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23514, 31 May 1938, Page 9
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