A NOMINAL PENALTY.
ILLEGAL CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR. WELLINGTON, May 11. For allowing liquor to- be consumed in her tea ro.oms during hours when licensed premises were required to be closed, Joan Tait was to-day fined £l. The rooms were in use at the time for a Scottish Society smoke concert, and counsel for defendant said there was no suggestion that the function was of a disorderly nature. Defendant knew beer had been brought into the place, but it would have been impossible for her to have prevented the Scotsmen from drinking it, even if she _ had known of the restriction. When questioned by a constable, defendant had said that she was unaware of any restriction in regard to the consumption of liquor. The Magistrate said a nominal penalty would meet the case, as the section under which the charge was made was not very widely known. It was somewhat rare to find prosecutions brought under it.
The honorarium of the Mayor of New Plymouth for the ensuing year has bceu gazetted at £250.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3870, 15 May 1928, Page 33
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173A NOMINAL PENALTY. Otago Witness, Issue 3870, 15 May 1928, Page 33
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