GAMING ACT INFRINGED.
♦ THREE MEN FINED. U'KISS ASfOCIATIOX TILKCRAM.) HOTOIIUA, August 10. Three men —John Steven Alaskery, I lori jMuii, 'and 31 iolmol John Hcffcreii—appeared before Air S. L. Paterson, S.M., to-day charged with breaches ol' ilk l Gaining Act. .Maskcrv was lined ,LlO on a charge of currying on the business ol' a bookmaker. A .-.ccond el.-ai'ire of conduct] a j?auiin<s luniso. was dismissed. .Man was charged with aiding in the (ondnct ol' a uamiu.'j; house, but pJeaded no! guilty and elected to take the case to a jury. On a second .summary charge of permitting his premises to be used as a gaming house be was convicted and lined tI(.H). The police said that this delendanl had i'dur previous convictions. 1 Icficreh was coinicLc-d and lined L'-'O lor cairying on ihe tnisim:--. ot' a hookmaker and i:j on a M'cond charjic oi lay iu»: totalis;; tor odds. .\lasker f v was called as a police witness against IMau. but owing to his rcl us,d to answer questions lie was ordered to be treated as hostiJo aud a\ aj ncd oi the consefpiences oi porjurv. AJJ the charges were a result of'a police raid on the last day of the 'Wellington races, July 16th.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20622, 11 August 1932, Page 13
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