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THIS IS THE BIGGEST FINE HERE YET
Pastor Pays $500 for Violation of Ontario Temperance Act
Twenty-Two Cans of Pure Alcohol Found in His Barn
[Welland Telegraph, 7 December 1917]
A new high-water mark in fines inflicted in Welland under the Ontario Temperance Act was reached on Tuesday when John Pastor, an Austrian living on Beatrice street, Maple Leaf Park, was touched for $500 and costs.
On Monday night a search was made of his place by Chief Laing, Inspector Ekins and Officers Angle, Goss, Putman and Carrocci. The search must have been somewhat thorough for the flooring of the horse stable was taken up, and underneath was found no less than 22 cans of pure alcohol.
Pastor was represented by L.B.Spencer and pleased guilty. He paid the fine promptly and without murmer.
Last week another foreigner living at the same place was fined $200 for having liquor, and Pastor, who was in court, stepped up and paid the fine.
It is alleged that Pastor has been selling the pure quill quite generally in the southern section of the town. It is said that he has purchased the alcohol in Montreal.
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