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Fitzroy Grocer's License.
; ALLEGATIONS OF ILLICIT
TRADING.
Objection was taken by Inspector Thomp-
tn ia the Licensing Court yesterday to a
Knewal of a Bpint merchant and grocer's
L-cence lo Thoniits Blitchcll, corner of
Lpicr and Gertrude streets, Fitzroy, on
grounds of illicit trading and licensee's
tzfitness to conduct the biiHuicsa- Six
jonstables gave evidence to the effect that
hotbcls and sly-grog shops were supplied,
bit lindtsirablc persons were frequently
M on the premises, and that people in
I drunken condition had been scon coming
"aj from the corner with bottles in their
Wctets. It was tiirtlicr alleged that cus-
Knars wcro rmilarly supplied on Friday
M r Jln''er was eniiiloycd for the
«cry of liquor on Sundays. On one
waiion a police agent had beeir given
ifiD, i V11 bicli to purchase drink
uer uoin.-, huL someone on the premises
!?„ ffheved linn of the' money and had
apjicjucl tliioigli the liousu. One wit-
agi declared that it was a "notorioufl
l q "/ '''day nights.
Lewis, Who appeared for the ap-
Lm! .tf i son had been selling
& r nnd tho father was
ihtsmii',"/' t0 put "st?P 'o- it. Jt seemed
w : Miiitllitng would have to be done. .
«hojt,U."'",i,n:-„ Yo" nccd "ot bother
that; we will attend to it.
/ Mitchcd gave evidenoe that he
N sifiri m ,'!>lne8? as fifocer and wine
tied that nfc ,"1 foer i0'? yeilrH- Hc dt"
itifilJ „ Jir,her had been out of the
gjhk a Sunday for the present year ;
orders last year, but he
tereilmnl . /beui ( 1 ! y silly thing they
<& E0Jt wis stonped in November
f iadii-n ',n, admitted a certain amount
triil, -a ,ln rai>eot to supplying sly
Sly 2B0 onl brolhe)8' b"t he lmd tc
kSiij,0 f„/le'? par week, and it was
tenner Tim ? '? watch every eus-
sua that he had filled
ke induLj ;„ , t|es. . He denied that
n M.atic trading on Fn-
inliviHni.L 8 - een pestered
b»C drink C7x'n8i in,t0 tho PP de-
Workii' 'l;ld 8"PP frl , cham-
"IM his convmi'o (a r. clock, but
lag U iin,i .... . i" .or after hours trad-
ki custom "3 practlce" hkewise
waj pufMi- -v'-n® wmnen to take
oelock' althniiirh ?i "F quor ttfler ' 0
left ut the .l,nn i 8,3 'P',ly have been
' The oo .r/ - (1"r,mg the day.
_ reserved iU decision.
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