WATER SOLD AS WHISKY
OFFENDER SENT TO PRISON (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Apl. 28. A sentence of two months’ imprisonment with hard labour was imposed by Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., on a waterside worker, Richard Jones, aged 63, for selling a bottle of what the police stated was pure unadulterated water to a marine for 10 dollars and 30s, the equivalent of £4 10s lOd. It was labelled whisky.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25212, 29 April 1943, Page 4
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68WATER SOLD AS WHISKY Otago Daily Times, Issue 25212, 29 April 1943, Page 4
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