SLY-GROG AT INVERCARGILL

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1932, Page 5

SLY-GROG AT INVERCARGILL

SOLD BEER WITHOUT LICENSE.

DISCOVERY IN A BAKEHOUSE.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.

Invercargill, Last Night.

Four charges of sly-grog selling were preferred to-day against William Henry Neville Bell, who pleaded guilty to one charge, the other three being withdrawn. He also pleaded guilty to a charge preferred by the Collector of Customs of carrying on the trade or business of a brewer, not being the holder of a brewer’s license.

/ Senior-Sergeant Packer said Bell’s premises had been under supervision for some time, and on November 11 a search was made. In a bakehouse were found 123 bottles of beer and stout and 68 empty bottles, there being also 17 gallons fermenting and ten gallons in another container. At his house was found a smaller quantity, totalling about 120 bottles. The alcoholic content of three samples taken had been 6.95 per cent., 8.75 per cent and 8.44 per cent. There was certainly a “kick” in the beer made by Bell. The magistrate: Could the beer be purchased over the counter or was it served only with meals? The senior-sergeant: It was sold over the counter freely. On the brewing charge Bell was fined £lO and for selling he was fined £5, with costs totalling £3 2s. “The business was evidently a profitable one,” remarked the magistrate.