"NEFARIOUS TRADE."
CHINESE OPIUM DEN. OCCUPIER FINED £150. (By Telegraph. —Press Association.) - WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Two months' gaol and a fine of £150 was the sentence imposed in the Police Court upon Jerry Ying, the occupier of the heavily-barricaded opium den in Haining Street, which was entered early on Sunday morning, after a three hours struggle by detectives. Six Chinese who were found on the premises were each fined £12 10/, the minimum penalty. Mr. Woodward, S.M., said that the evidence concerning the -opium was perfectly convincing. "This is a nefarious trade," he eaid, before sentencing the occupier.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 11
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