AN ILLICIT STILL
£IOO FINE IMPOSED OVER-PROOF WHISKY (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCnUROII, ibis day. A fine of £IOO was imposed on John Peuberlliy Bashford, 56, of Hornby, when lie .was charged in the. Magistrate s Court this morning with being in possession of an unlicensed still.
Evidence was given that Bashford made quantities ol" over-proof whisky and endeavored to sell it- to hotels.
The accused's appearance before Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., followed on a raid on the accused’s house yesterday by customs and police officers, when liquor and -portions of a still were impounded. He pleaded guilty. Default was fixed at six months’ gaol. Mr. C. 0. Eyre, acting-collector of customs, said that a search of the accused’s home- produced a keg containing seven gallons of whisky, several boities of whisky, and a portion of a still. The accused admitted that the liquor was whisky, but denied that the still had been used to make it.
“Bashford sold whisky at 50s a gallon, and canvassed a dozen or more hotels trying to sell it,” continued Mr. Eyre. “Also in his stock was a, bottle of inferior imitation creme do mentlie. This man owns a wine-making license taken out last February.”
The whisky appeared to be about ten over-proof.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18547, 6 November 1934, Page 8
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