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b STANLEY COURTLyle Rex Flint and Tag Flint. who pleaded not guilty in the ■ Stanley Police Court loot Fri-11 day to complaints that tliey had“ been unlawfully on licensed premises during prohibited hours were represented by Mr. V, JackSOD. Messrs. W. E. Leg-L gett and T\ K. Wilson, J'aP,. ■* were on the Bench- Bgt. E, V. r- Knowles] who prosecuted. told e the Court that lie had found ■defendants in the company of several other persons in a small room off the bar of the Com-mercial Hotel at about- 12.30c_ a.m. on a Sunday morning.| They said they had attended a j! parly al Forest. and had come j to Stanley for a few drinks be-ri fore returning to their homer ^ at Smittlton. Tprs. W, EL Holmes and S. V. Crocker cor-I*'roborated this evidence. Defendants claimed litat there ^ had been no food at the Forest jt party, and after finding a cafe n where they had culled lor ;i meal was closed, they had gone / on to the hotel. They believed n they were travellers within the j. meaning oi the Licensing Act, ^ Both denied that liquor had _ been served with the meal-pro-lt vldcd for them at the hotel.They hod no explanation for™ falling to mention the meal toSgi Knowles when he Inter-viewed them. The Bench foundthem guilty and imposed the)f minimum hue of £5, with 10/6 ^ co?its. on each defendant.Richard Cteve Flint. Walterk_ Jimcs Banks, Leo Cotton, AU wyn James Horton, AlfredBlngley Muir and Lionel Alfred^ Smedley were proceeded against ex parte for the same offence.I They were convicted and fined _ £5 with 10/ costs each.
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Stanley Circular Head Chronicle
Stanley, Tasmania, AU
Wed, Nov 18, 1953
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