SUPPLYING LIQUOR TO SOLDIERS
DEFENDANTS ORDERED TO I PAY COSTS i (United Press Association) I AUCKLAND, September 20. Appearing on summons in the Magistrate’s Court today three men admitted I charges of supplying intoxicating liquor I to soldiers for consumption elsewhere than on licensed premises. The police said the incidents happened when members of the 3rd Echelon were marching down the street. Two men each handed a bottle of beer to soldiers and a third handed half a bottle of whisky. Counsel for one man said his client handed to a former employee a parcel containing sandwiches, sweets and a bottle of ale. He was ignorant of the regulations, the primary object of whjch was to stop soldiers taking liquor away from licensed premises. The Magistrate (Mr J. R. Morland) said the supplying was not done with wrongful intention. He ordered each defendant to pay costs and also had their names suppressed. The public would now know the meaning of the regulations, he said.
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Southland Times, Issue 24237, 21 September 1940, Page 8
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