LIQUOR TAKEN TO PONGAROA. PROSECUTIONS FAIL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5360, 18 February 1916, Page 7

LIQUOR TAKEN TO PONGAROA.

PROSECUTIONS FAIL.

An alleged breach of the Licensing Act was heard before Mr L. G. Reid, S.M., at the Pahiatua Court on Wednesday, when defendant was charged with (1) Giving an order for liquor intended to be taken into the nolicense distinct of Masterton and the failing to give the person to whom the order was given, also a statement in writing of the name and addre.se of the person on whose account the order was given; (2) acting on behalf of a resident in the no-license district of Masterton, and obtain liquor to be delivered in th ( » said district to such resident without notifying the vendor that such liquor was to be so delivered. For the defence it was acknwledged that defendant took the liquor into Pongaroa on the day named, but it was maintained fhat it had been purchased Try him, and not for another party. Constable Doggett, of Pan- \ garoa, in his evidence, stated that defendant’s car had pulled up in front of a Pongaroa residence. He notic-' ed whisky ami beer in the car. Later when he returned, the liquor was missing and presumably had been taken iu-side the residence. There were then two empty jars in the car On inquiry, defendant stat'd that the liquor was his and maintained this statement when interviewed lat Pr. The witness remarked that the quantity was somewhat large for a' visitor to take out and give away, but the Magistrate said this had to be proved otherwise. It was stated that defendant had given his address on the order as Pongaroa and the prosecutioij. contended that the addrfcses should have been Pahiatua. The Magistrate, however, said that if he was taking the liquor into the district for himself then it. was right, to address it to himself in that, district. He could not convict on the evidence adduced, and the informations were dismissed.