DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR.
(Per Press Association.) j Christchurch, July 10. H A sixteent-year-old boy was bcfoi® the Court this morning charged wit® disorderly behaviour. The evident® showed that accused and some con® panions took it in turns to buy bet® on Saturday nights. and as the® drank the beer off licensed premise® the police were powerless to stop tire sale. The Licensing Act debars tlje sale of liquor to youths only for consumption on the premises. The Magistrate wanted to commit the boy to an industrial school, but a difficulty occurred, because only the Governor has power to order such committal if the offender is over the age of sixteen, and the case was adjourned.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 118, 11 July 1911, Page 6
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