£100 FINE.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19463, 9 November 1928, Page 6

£IOO FINE.

AUCKLAND GAMING RAID.

MEN ADMIT ILLEGAL BETTING.

[THE PRESS Special Service.]

AUCKLAND, November 8. Caught red-handed in his rooms at His Majesty's Arcade early this afernoon, Clarence Russell *as fined at the Police Court for using the premises as a common gaming house, sociated with Russell in the c ar ®® wero Raymond Lewis and John ien ter, who were described as °°" makers' clerks by Chief-Detective Ham m David Symons, Arthur William Everiss, and Henry Bradman. admittedly clients of Russell, were charged with being found without lawful cuse in a common gaming house ated in His Majesty's Arcade. ine latter three, all of whom Were found in Russell's rooms this afternoon, pleaded guilty. , , .. _ Mr A. Singer urged in extenuation that the men were not 'n particularly good circumstances and had not even been given time to "collect . As a matter of fact, I don't know whethe they were receivers or payers, remarked counsel. . The three men were fined £2 eacn, Mr F. K. Hunt. S.M., remarking that the maximum penalty was £5. Russell, Lewis, and Prenter also pleaded guilty. , . Mr Singer urged that the men had been perfectly open about the whole affair. Russell had been up before ror street betting, but the other two Vrere new to the game, being simply clerks Chief-Detective, Hammond thought that Russell was in a' big way and re- 1 minded Mr P. K. Hunt, S.M., that he had been fined £SO some months ago"I shall double the penalty," remarked the Magistrate and imposed a fine of £IOO. remarking that Russell was liable to a term of imprisonment. Lewis and Prenter were fined £lO each. ,

Mr Singer: May they have time to pay? ' Mr Hammond: There's plenty of money here. It can be taken out of the box (the Chief-Detective indicated drawers of books, race cards, and Eapers that were ranged on the desk efore him).