RAFFLE OF WHISKY.
PRIEST FINED £15..vASHBURTON, January 14. _ The raffling of a case of whisky at a Catholic bazaar at Mount Somers on October 16 resulted in the Rev. Father Price being charged with selling liquor by lottery. Defendant was not in court, But his counsel pleaded guilty. Defendant was also charged with carrying liquor into a Nohcense area, this charge being deferred, pending the hearing of the.first information. Both raises arose out of the same sot of circumstances.
■f^Geqrge-Michael Doak,-charged with selling liquor in a No-license area after its disposal by lottery, pleaded not guilty. Father Price was fined £l5 on the first charge, the second being withdrawn, In regard to Doak’s case, the-nolice gave evidence that defendant admitted making a tarpaulin muster to purchase the liquor from the winner, a lady, who did not want it ■ »
The case. was adjourned to allow counsel to inquire into the point whether Doak was not a party to the sale of liquor by the winner. . ’ ’
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Otago Witness, Issue 3801, 18 January 1927, Page 31
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