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PRIVATE STILL!4A LUXURY ANDithlt;COSTLY ONEBr[latrejtuiBryant of Findlay Finds Out!I tWhen He Pays $400 wiFinebaOperating a private “still” in thishedry period is very expensive accord-se1ing to the scale of fines which are inhe*ogue in the Police Court now. JameshaC. Bryant from Findlay was paid avisit by Inspector Rowe, DetectiveFoster and A. A. Sprotson and on hispremises were found all the materialsI for the making of the fiery liquid. Ahuge half barrel steaming on the firewas seized and found to contain aquantity of raisins, apples and lemons. When properly made the “Bryant” brand of whiskey was supposedto be almost like the real stuff.IllAsked about the “still,” Bryant[ pleaded guilty and made no defencei for operating it. Magistrate Fraserlined him $400 and costs, and the accused paid out the money.Another case rose out of the Find-i lay one, when Norman P. Atchison-! also appeared charged with an infrae-Ir s tion of the Manitoba Temperance Act.thruthmila;He was driving Bryant in his car at[ ‘ the time the police officers seized thestill,” and when the car was searched* a quantity of liquor was found in thebobetoPiatJseback seat. The car was owned by!elAtchison, and although he claimed jnc that he was only driving Bryant Ia-ei.home, the Magistrate expressed somedoubt about this. However it cost Atchison $200 and costs for this offense.eHe was also fined $5 and costs forbefi(artliLlnot having two number plates on hiselcar as required by lawaitthMike Raddish, a Bully LrIf Mike Raddish had only lived inasy. the Stone Age he would have beene very much in the limelight as a hero.y i But Magistrate Fraser reminded him ajn this morning that such days are goneMike Seminuick wanted to go to a tl*dance and asked Raddish’s permis- SssIon to take his “girl.” The permis- J;sion was apparently granted, but later pMike Raddish walked up to the plain-i-tyiyattiff and struck him in the eye, w’arn-ltling him to keep away from his “girl.” nHe also seized Seminuick’s $9 hat, andhas since hung on to it as a souvenir.*11This morning Magistrate Fraser re-i^1ferred to him as a bully, and after ireprimanding him for his behavior,vordered that the hat be given back toin] the plaintiff and then taxed RaddishIst | $io and costs for the assaultbat
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Brandon Daily Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Oct 21, 1919
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