THE LICENSING ACT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13704, 19 September 1908, Page 6

THE LICENSING ACT.

CARRIER HEAVILY FINED F*r Tres* Awociation. ASHBURTON, Sept. 18. Wilhim I'ort'-r, a carrier, was charged with keeping liquor for .vale, aud pleaded ni>t guilty. The evidence showed that <k f> had ordered and leccived of liquor in fictitious nnni'-v. l>cfendant alleged that the liquor was obtained for other* in his capacity as carrier and not for wile by hiiuxlf. 'i he Magistrate held that it r».'»t<d with d--fendant t«> ,»how ivlk> had received tlf liquor, and a.* lie failed to do *o, it war asxUnuHl that he had l*-en K u ' ll J "f keep in-,; liquor for ?ale. Accused was cotivicteil and fined £SO an<! cost-. Thi* is understood to be tlie firrx ca>e hcanl in the Dominion in which a carrier ha* I.aii calh-d u|N>n to show what became of j;oini\ n-ecm-d by him for delivtiy. WANfiANUI, Sept. lis "I'he A«hbur:oti n». •v..,'- tli.. a <.iifie|- who wa* iine<l for failing to a< count for liquor he had taken into a »<» lu-cn-- diitrict wa> the ca»o of tbkind in Xe-.r Zealand i* an error, a »iini lar cave having been h«%ud at Rai-tihi Mime time ago.