GAMING CHARGES
e £lOO FINE FOR ONE OFFENDER Bt 'IiLBGRAPH.—I‘IIKSM AsSOCTATIIW , Waipukurau, January 15. In the Magistrate’s Court this morning, George Bull appeared on charges of using premises as a common gaming house, and of betting upon the result of the Liverpool Handicap and the Stratford Cup. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded till February 12. Edward Hooper was convicted and discharged for being in the Pukeora Sanatorium without lawful excuse. On a charge that in August he used the premises of the sanatorium as a common gaming house, he was fined £lO and 7s. costs. The transactions were not regarded as very consequential. Percy Edmund Tremaine pleaded guilty to two charges of using premises in Waipukurau as a common gaming house, and was fined £5O on each charge and 7s. costs. It was shown that the transactions had been considerable, and that he had banked £1490 in ten months, and £llOl in two months recently.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19260116.2.34
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 95, 16 January 1926, Page 6
Word Count
157GAMING CHARGES Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 95, 16 January 1926, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.