HOME BREWED BEER.
A FINE OF £2O. AUCKLAND, Saturday. In the Polioe Court yesterday a fine of £2O was imposed on Nathaniel Gow Curtain on a charge of keeping liquor for sale In a no-llcense ant also was oonvicted on a further charge a selling liquor without a licence. Detective-Sergeant McHugh stated that as the result of complaints a constable visited defendant’s home in Grey Lynn, w'here he purchased two bottles of home-brewed beer for 2s. Later a search warrant was executed and 64 bottles of “home-brew" and 73 empty bottles were found. “ The beer was much stronger than the beer sold In hotels,” said Mr McHugh. “ One bottle contained 10.2 per cent, proof spirit and a second 11 per cent."
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Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18950, 20 May 1933, Page 6
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121HOME BREWED BEER. Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18950, 20 May 1933, Page 6
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