Caldbeck, Macgregor & Ca., agents for J. Walker & Sons, described the alleged offence as most detrimental to the complainants, and a danger to the public. The bottles of spirit bearing their labels cost 18 cents, They had been sold for $20 a dozen. Witness added that they contained 89 per cent. proof spirit.
answer to Inspector Kobayashi, defendant said he had only been manufacturing samples. Several people must have taken the bottles away from the shop without his knowledge, he having been drunk for three days.
The defendant, as stated above, was then committed for trial and convicted of selling liquor without a licence. The examining magistrate intimated that the Japanese authorities would make further investigations into the affair.
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