CAPTURE OF AN ILLICIT STILL IN THE WAIRARAPA.
CONVICTION OF THE SMUGGLER,
Mr. Inspector Atcheson. who returned from the Wairarapa last night, reports : that constable Brady, of the Hutt, las succeeded in seizing an illicit-still of about fifty gallons capacity, together with some spirits and ninety gallons of wash in the house of a man namted.Ridgway, a bricklayer, at Carterton. Acting on. information received, the constable, after a few pre--liminary enquiries, succeeded in capturing both thestiiland its proprietor at the same time. Ridgway has been prosecuted by Inspector Atcheson, convicted, arid fined £20. ; A month was given him to pay his fine, and the still being forfeited, was brought into town last night.— lndependent. : ,
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Wanganui Herald, Volume I, Issue 136, 7 November 1867, Page 2
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