CHINESE FINED

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 13, 10 October 1928, Page 3

CHINESE FINED

RAID ON GAMING HOUSE Two more Chinese appeared in the., Magistrate’s ourt yesterday . morning, one to answer a charge of using No. 154 Taranaki Street as a common gaming house and the other of being found in a common gaming house. Chief-Detective Ward said that the house, which was raided on Monday atternoon, was the usua! type of place where pakapoo was played. Three Euro peans had also been caught there, but had elected to be dealt with on Monday. The same premises had been raided last January, but at that time there was an Ac h co r rd l ing Pe to Mr. A. J. who appeared for both accused the premises were not kept for the purpose of playing pakapoo, but were merely open for y the sale of tickets, .As he .bad previously stated, he considered that the real offenders were the Europeans who foolishly bought the tickets. Wong Wai, the keeper, sold tickets on commission. He had taken up this occupation because he was physically unfitted to carry on his usual occupation of a gardener. Like many other Chinese> he had drifted into this occupation. The other man. Ah Lee, was only visiting Wong Mai at the time of the raid. The Magistrate (Mr. E. Page, S.M.) fined Wong Wai £l5 and costs, m default one month’s imprisonment. Ah Lee was fined £2 and costs, in default fourteen days' imprisonment.