FOUR ARRESTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 269, 13 November 1935, Page 8

FOUR ARRESTS.

DETECTIVES' RAIDS.

BOOKMAKING ALLEGED. FINES OF £100 AND £30. Raids on city buildings carried out by Detectives Moore and Miller this morning resulted in four men appearing before Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., in the Police Court this afternoon. , Described as a motor driver, Daniel Augustus Lindsay, aged 48, was charged that, being the occupier of premise? in Palmerston Buildings, -17, Queen Street, lie did use the premises as a common gaming house. On the application of Mr. A Wilson, who appeared for accuscd; .L'lids'iv was remanded for a week, bail of £50 being allowed. A man found on the premises when a search warrant was' executed "by detectives pleaded guilty to the offence. "He -said -lie had gone to be pleasured for'a'" suit of clothes;, biit the tailor's shop is a dummy," said Senior Detective S. G. llall.' ''Betting material was found on 'him when he was searched." Accused wao* fined £2. and costs. Tobacconist Fined. > A fine of £30 was imposed on Henry .Barker* a tobacconist, aged 42, who [pleaded guilty to a charge that, being of-premises at's7, Victoria Street, he did use his shop as a common ganiing house. • : Senior' Detective Hall said, that no difficulty had beeu experienced in obtaining a bet with accused on Monday. This morning a search warrant had been executed and betting material had been found. Accused had said that he was only an agent. There was an unlisted telephone -on the premises. Mr. R. E. N. Matthews, who appeared for accused, said Barker had not been in trouble before. "Can't Always Expect Fines." Stanley Thomson, aged 33, a clerk, pleaded guilty to a charge of using premises at 2a, Wright's Buildings, which he occupied, as a common gaming house. Senior Detective Hull suid u plain-clothes constable had no difficulty in placing two bets with Thomson on November 11 and 12. About mid-day to-day Detectives Moore and Miller executed a search warrant on the office and found two telephones, which were used solely for betting purposes. The sum of £7 was seized. Thomson was in business on his own account, and was reputed to be in a fairly large way. Mr. J. Terry, who appeared for defendant, said Thomson had been unemployed and recently he had been persuaded to take up betting again as a means of earning his livelihood. Betting had been of small denomination, and the fact that only £7 was found indicated that his business was not a substantial one. "I see he was lined £50 in January last," said Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M. "That does not seem to have checked him. This time you will bo fined £100. I can only warn him that he cannot always-, expect finefe." .