LIQUOR FOR MAORI WOMEN. In

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13433, 26 March 1907, Page 7

LIQUOR FOR MAORI WOMEN. In

PENALTIES AtfELA/WARNING, L '~ ; M*.'./W. G. Eiddell this morning, heard several prosecutions connected ' with the supply of liquor to native * -women. He toqk the occasion to offer " a timely warning, remarkjpap that, the law 'allowed a very heaVy jieiialty Jto he " inflicted- for this offel£C8 v .r \ ~ '. ' ".' 3 The first case was that of John * rDoneti?, charged with- supplying liquor B to Hana Nipo on the 2nd instant. .Defendant had been previously cone victe^d _for' similar offences, ''and was' r fined' £9 and costs, or in default fourl" teen xlays' imprisonment. Hana Nipo * I waVsjimmoned for aiding and abetting t I lihfe offence. She had previously been :~: ~ I coijyicted, and' was now fined £1 and 6 I cost's, or. 48 hours' imprisonment in <le-> c fault. ; Two other native women, Te v Pohfe, Mo]diare' and Miri Herewiai, also y for complicity in Dfonetz's offence, were ■y ordered to pay costs only, 14s «ach. Ie Two' r seamen, Wiiliam Wilson and >r Chas., <^arlson r were charged with hay.l ing supplied l^eer £ik^ a' Maori woman I named Hemopo at Waitara on Febru- *~ ary - Both cases were defended. c'e ' Mr. Townsend. represented Wilson, who did not appear, and' Mr "Sutchen- acted • - on behalf 6i Carlson. The evjclence of l r Constables Price, of Waitara, and Cul16 len was to the effect that Carlson had " been seen taking a bottle, of beer frojn "l the Waitara Hotel ,tfc>t» -two-roomed whaterv- He ifit^ whare with .• some -women. ' 'The policemen soon followed,. and, found Wilson and a °^ Maori woman drinking beer. Wilson I appealed to the constables not to bring Vs'V 5 ' a case against him* He repeated the request later in the day, saying he knew they could square it, and, if they B * would allow the ; matter to drop, he would not do it again. Mr. Townsend and Mr. Hatchen each contended that the offence ha,d not been proved against I his client. Defendant Carlson" denied " on oath that he had supplied liquor tc _ the native women. The Magistrate convicted' both and' fined each £8 ahc