ALLEGED SLY-GROG SELLING.
A BOARDING-HOUSE KEEPER CHARGED. tPEE PEESS ASSOCIATION i AUCKLAND, March 22. At tlie police Court, Jean Carter, proprietress of the Mansions, one of the largest boarding-houses in Auckland, was charged on two informations with selling liquor without a license. It was admitted that the boarders were supplied with liquor by Mrs Carter, for which they paid cash. Two constables were so supplied. This was followed by a police raid, when 195 bottles of beer and' stout and a quantity of wine were found on the premises. It was admitted that the proprietress was a respectable woman and tjie house well conducted. It was pleaded that there were none of the usual elements of slygrog selling, but Mr Cutten, S.M., held that there had been a very palpable breach of the law, and imposed the maximumi penalty of £SO on one charge. He dismissed the second charge. He ordered that the liquor seized be destroyed. ,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3176, 23 March 1911, Page 7
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157ALLEGED SLY-GROG SELLING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3176, 23 March 1911, Page 7
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