AN ASHBURTON CASE.
ASHBUR-TON, December 2. At the Maigigtiratt&'s Court, Richard Noalon and Samuel Alexander, boardijighouisa keepers, were charged with il >3gally seild'ng liquor. Mr. Stringer, Crown Prosecutor, iappeared foi' the police in both caess. In the Aiiiexaiid'er case two recen'tJyrecruited constables, who. liad visited Ashburton in piliain clothes, stated that they had obtained and paid for drinks. The defence was that tfox?> constables had a.sked for herbal beer, but might Jiaye b&en supplied with "real" b&er by mistake. Alexander was fined £25.
In Nealon's case, one of <the constables ha,d stayed'"aiS:'iihe house for, a. fortnight > and -f-requeritily bought" liquor^;." He re-pr-ese-nt'ed himj^'if. to be a labourer looking far work, and had worlvad for several peoplle in the d'strict. In company with t!he other constable he had bought .and paid for drinks at Nealon's. The Ma.gishr.ate saw no reason to doubt that the two constaWies were rmen .of_ good character, and believed their evidence. He fined Nealon £30.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLVIII, Issue 12365, 3 December 1904, Page 5
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158AN ASHBURTON CASE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLVIII, Issue 12365, 3 December 1904, Page 5
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