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1 Court V/atches 1 Essences BurnTeaspoons of essences were set alight in the Special Federal Court today to prove that they contained a large quantity of alcohol.'I Mr Ifcjt 'A il* made duting the lira!iiiK of two charge* against Hubert Cecil Marlborough. manufacturing cIk iiii*i or VU’totiu-mad. Drumtmmie.Mmim.uiuukii pleaded not K-.nlr«. to ii chntRe of conveying illicit.pir'll* about Mi a cm on November S) 1944 Hint having five rhI Ioii.k of iillcn spirit In ins possea--ton m! ii Cnmprrrtnwii gamete Herbert McLennan '-rnior Cii?.-1 om* investiK.itor said he visited • he garage with Marlborough on Novnntjei III, nnlt;l saw n InrRe number of empty casks mid drums, two gas rings, ii sumII quantity ol Kr,i|n. fi e rlOireii empty bottle' and a beg containing live gallons of spunHr asked Marlborough what Hu* spirit was and hr replied.Perfume made from a gallon oi plain while pint 4!o of essence and sufficient water to make up tile five gallops 'Mat Iboroiigh denied lie w»* diMtllmg .spirit or selling p. '.mi McLennan Attn Mi tleorge Amsberg rfor Mnrlboi ought tried to set a teaspoon nf rs-rnce alight. Marl borough Ignited rample* of van-illa nimnnd, rrd cherry and pot' wine essence*.Witness SatisfiedMr Amshcrg do Mrl.eniniii ■ Are you now satisfied tlint these essence* contain ovetprocf spirit ?Vos.Anv civilian can buy these es-cnees? They canYou don't suggest that if I had a bottle of one ol these essences in m.v rocket, and von Mopped me in Hie street. I would la iciu tying Illicit spirit about? -NoConstable Ale Bn ire WiN»n aid hr had seep Marlborough in ii car hi Vidonu-stieet Darling-liiirHt. about 5 pm on November yThe cur was driven bv a man tunned Anu'eison. and iti Kli/n belli Hay-road ntopprd hear American servicemen to whom Mi'rlhruoitqh u pi tea red to beckon and s|»eak Constable Wilson said he saw Marlboro' yh hand a bottle to an AmtTlcmi nontenant When Marlborough was questioned the American said. It's no use tooling you guys It's u bottle ol rhumpaant1 and I was going to put him :t5 bob for itHobert Janies Marmlon, *emor analyst of the Customs Depart -inent anU| hr analysed n sample hi ken from the five-gallon key at the garage and another con-talnerl in n bottle labelled BID' k •V White Whisky”The whi'l'y '' ennialried :t’ pm cent of ethyl alcohol, equivalent lo *11 5 |*t rent pivol pull and had not heen prrduced by methods required bv Hie ntstillation Art.The .sample from tile keg »,c. h red colored cloudy, splrituoti liquor eontatiling 40 9 pet *111 proof 'pirnIts odor hail » imu-ooic qmili'v about it. Murmion added Further hearing adjournedSheraton Furniture PolishBeautifies vour fnrnPure *HALIFAX FIREI IkinCD rAMTDAI
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Sydney Sun
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Fri, Jul 20, 1945
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