KAIAPOI.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6073, 10 January 1898, Page 3

KAIAPOI.

(Before Mr Bishop, S.M., and his Worship a the Mayor.) _ " Drunkenness, &c— Joseph Dickie, charged with being drunk and using ob- c scene language, was fined 20s and costs for n the first offence, and for the second was p sentenced to three months' imprisonment _{ with hard labour.— Albert William Maber j was charged with similar offences, and for jj the first he was fined 20s and costs, and on jj the latter charge sentenced to three <_ months' imprisonment with hard labour. Breach of the Licensing Act. — — Clabburn; licensee of the Junction c Hotel, was charged with selling adulterated brandy. A. Bickerton, an inspee- v tor under the Licensing Act, deposed that on Nov. 29 he purchased brandy for fe the purpose of analysis. Found the t : spirits 186 below the standard. Mr Hel- 0 more, for defendant, said that his client _ had been seriously ill for some time, and was in bed when the brandy in question came to his house. He told his wife how much water to put with it— one - quart water to each gallon of spirits, this being tho 25 per cent allowed h by the Act. Probably Mrs Clabburn -> had made a mistake. He contended that the Bench might look at the . case from this standpoint and deal leniently with his client, who, he might A say, had borne a good reputation hitherto - in conducting his business. Mr Bishop, S.M., said that for the reason stated he C should deal leniently with this case. The i maximum penalty was £50, but he would _. reduce it to 20s and oosts. If at any ti future time similar cases came before him ft he would have to be more severe. _ Prohibition Orders— Two orders were - granted, one to extend through the Kaiapoi- Ashley and Avon districts for twelve months on application of the wife, and one . throughout the Kaiapoi district, on the « application of a son. I *