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\par Mr. D. Williams, Counsel for the Appellant
\par Mr. S. R Shankar, Counsel for the Respondent
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The accused was convicted on his own plea of an illegal sale of liquor contrary to section (76(1) (a) and (2) of Cap.167.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15606961 
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\par A Fijian went to his house and purchased a bottle of beer for 70c. A police officer noticed the purchaser leaving the house.
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\par In mitigation the accused said}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15142873 
 he had never done this before and the sale was made because the man had pestered him to sell it. The magistrate accepted that statement and discharged the accused under S.38 P.C.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2891003 
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\par The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed against the magistrate\rquote s order on the ground that it is excessively lenient.
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\par Recently there has been a public outcry against drunkenness and the fact that beer can be purchased in out of the way places and/or times when it would not otherwise be available.
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\par It is not the easiest of offence to detect and it is always open to the accused to plead that he had never sold beer before and that this was an isolated case.
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\par One cannot assume that it was not an isolated case.
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\par On the other hand when it is revealed that a certain kind of offence has become a matter of public concern it is for the police to be vigilant in catching the offenders and for the Courts to endeavour to deter would be offenders.
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\par It would be surprising if the accused as a member of the public was not aware of the public\rquote s concern.
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\par The behaviour of persons such as the accused cannot be other than a deliberate contravention of the law.
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\par I would say with respect that at the present time magistrate should view such offences more seriously. In fact I have noted a tendency among them to impose very much heavier penalties on offenders.}{
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\par The Order of the learned magistrate is set aside and in its place I impose a fine of $50.00.
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