Alma E. Hornby [16943] ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

• Court, 1912 Feb 24. ² ALLEGED SLY-GROG SELLING. (1912, February 24). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved August 24, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23865407>
ALLEGED SLY-GROG SELLING. JOLIMONT RESIDENT CHARGED. HEARING ADJOURNED. The hearing was commenced at the City Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. S. Roe, P.M., of the adjourned charge, against William Henry Brooker, a Jolimont resident, of having on the 10th inst. sold liquor, he at the time not being licensed to do so. Sergt. Smythe prosecuted, and Mr. A. G. Unmack appeared for the defendant.
Francis James Hornby said he resided at Carrington - terrace, Jolimont. About 8 p.m. on the 10th inst. he sent his two young daughters, Ida and Alma, to defendants shop for three bottles of ale and gave them 4s. to pay for them. About 10 minutes later his attention was attracted by the screaming of children in the street. He went outside his house, and saw Corporal Harris and other people about. Alma, who was very excited, was carrying a bottle of stout, and said "I have broken the others, dad." Witness sent to defendant's shop for the liquor because defendant had told his daughters that they could get a bottle of stout any time they wanted it from him. Defendant had previously delivered liquor to witness's house. Cross-examined, witness said he had never given defendant an order to the Bunbury Brewery for beer. He had ordered beer from defendant, but did not know where he got it from. When the children came back to him on the day in question they told him that Brooker had refused to ac- cept payment for the liquor. Witness had never offered his services to the police to trap Brooker.
Ida Hornby, daughter of the previous witness, deposed to having been sent to defendant's house by her father for beer and stout. On the way home after they had received the liquor a man stopped them and asked them what they were carrying and she fainted. This man she now knew to be Corporal Harris.
Cross-examined, witness said that defen-dant told her on the 10th inst. he would take the liquor she required out of some orders he had ready for delivery. He said he would collect the money for the beer when he called at witness's house.
Corporal Harris deposed that in consequence of information he re-ceived about 8 p.m. on the 10th inst. He took up a position in the bush near defendant's house. He stopped the girls after they were given the liquor and took Alma back to defendant. The latter told witness he had given the girls the beer to oblige them, and added. "I knew that mongrel was trying to catch me, and that is why I gave it to him. If you were not here I would deal with him." Defen- dant also told witness he took orders for the Bunbury Brewery, and the liquor he sold was what he had on order from the Brewery. He also added that he had three or four dozen bottles of the liquor in the house, and witness subsequently verified this statement. Defendant also showed witness slips like delivery notes which he said bore the names of people who had ordered the liquor, and finally said he had been deliver- ing liquor for the Bunbury Brewery for the past 12 months.
For the defence, William Henry Elsegood, a traveller for the Bunbury Brewery, said defendant' was also a traveller for the Brewery and worked on a commission basis.
At this stage the further hearing of the case was adjourned until Tuesday next at 2.30 p.m.

Alma married Willam Lawris Craig [35100] [MRIN: 13227] in 1921 in Blackwood, , Western Australia, Australia. (Willam Lawris Craig [35100] was born on 1892 Mar 28 in Adventure Bay, , Tasmania, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1921, Blackwood, , Western Australia, Australia. ³ HORNBY
ALMA E
Female
CRAIG
WILLIAM L
Male

BLACKWOOD
10
1921