GAMING HOUSE RAID
KEEPER AND ASSISTANT FINED By Telegraph.— Press Association Wanganui, August 16. As the result of a police raid on Saturdav afternoon, Peter Augustus Healey "was fined £7O for keeping a common gaming bouse, and Michael Farrell, for assisting, was fined £2 10s. James Chalk, charged with being found in a common gaming house, said that he was there to learn the result of a race. The Magistrate held that this was a lawful purpose. William Gibson said that he went to get a siiave, and had to wait, as the chairs were full. He went to the office to learn the result of a race. George Bolton said that be accompanied Gibson as a friend. The. informations against these were dismissed.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 286, 17 August 1926, Page 6
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124GAMING HOUSE RAID Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 286, 17 August 1926, Page 6
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