Disgruntled Visitor Phones for Police

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 803, 25 October 1929, Page 1

Disgruntled Visitor Phones for Police

DRINK AFTER HOURS LICENSEE ENTERTAINS Phoned apparently by a disgruntled man who had been unable to gain admission to the hotel, the police recently visited the Queen’s Ferry Hotel, Vulcan Lane, where they found the licensee entertaining three friends in the bar an hour after closing time. the Police Court this morning William E. Grant was charged with keeping an hotel open after hours. Two ?^ e 5.., CharK , eK - one of exposing liquor , for sale and one of selling were withiS“ a '?: n b >’ the police. Sydney Fitt William if. Hazard and G. if West- ' SLT charged with being found on licensed premises after hours Mr Goldwater appeared for all defendants! ? pd Pleaded guilty to technical breaches of the act. Sub-Inspector McCarthy gave the date of the offence as September 23. in response to a telephone message •, sergeant and constable had visited the Queens .terry, where they were admitted by a boy. In the back bar they found Grant behind tho bar. The other ‘am e th d f e n daßts un " tvo "»» who that they were barmen employed ‘ h ® h ? te1 ’ were also in the room. Grant had explained that the three men were lodgers, but when the sergeant suggested that they look at the bdroom book he admitted that they were merely staying for tea. He had since given up the hotel. -Had he given that excuse at first instead of saving S?? they were lodgers, that is probably all that would have been heard of it, added the sub-inspector. Mr. Goldwater said that the three men were personal friends of the licensee who had asked them to stay to tea as he was leaving the hotel in two days time. He had had 20 years m hotels and this was the first time he had been in any trouble. The pres- °{ the barmen was explained bv the fact that they were stocking up for Hi®, EeXt day ’ - No trading was done, ine message to the police had been f??* ky another man who had beeri l ref used admission to the hotel j “Grant has now left the hotel and Ino longer holds a licence.” said the sub-inspector. ‘ His conduct while a j licensee was good.” Grant was fined £5 and costs, and j Fltt - Hazard and Westbury £ 1 and costa each.