A GAMING HOUSE.
PROPRIETOR FINED £25. (PP.ESS ASSOCIATION TBLTOBAH.) AUCKLAND, September 16. The police on Saturday night raided a house in Federal street and arrested 21 men on charges of gaming. They seized packs of cards and a number of dice. At the Police Court to-day a man named Gozak was charged with being the keeper of a common gaming house, and others with being found in a common gaming bouse. With the exception of two of the latter, all admitted the charge. Evidence was given that the room was specially fitted up for gambling. I'he dice seized were honest dice, and there was no evidence that hazards nere being played. Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., dismissed the charges against two men who were boarders, fined Gozak £25, and the others £5 each.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19726, 17 September 1929, Page 14
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133A GAMING HOUSE. Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19726, 17 September 1929, Page 14
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