"HUMAN PARASITES."

Auckland Star, Issue 38, 14 February 1929, Page 9

"HUMAN PARASITES."

GAMING ON SHOW GROUNDS

ATTEMPT TO BRIBE CONSTABLE

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

DANNEVIIIKE, this day.

Richard Jones, alias Preston, appeared before justices of the peace to-day on a charge of playing a game of chance on the Dannevirke ehowgrounds yesterday, to wit, "crown and anchor." The police asserted that when detected accused endeavoured to cover up the appliance he was using, and subsequently offered the constable a sum of money to let matters drop. Accused, who had a list of previous convictions for various offences, was fined £25 or two months' imprisonment. Mr. W. Dobson, J.P., commented upon the fact that accused had never been permitted 011 a racecourse, yet such a human parasite was allowed on showgrounds to prey upon the public. The sooner application of section 33 of the Gaming Act was extended to agricultural shows the better. Raymond Quinn appeared to answer a charge of operating a roulette wlietd at the Woodville Show. He was fined £10, or in default one month's imprisonment. The fines were paid in each instance.