FINE OF £50
Woman On Gaming Charge m, Telegraph—Press Association.) , AUCKLAND, December 30. „ "It was an organized establishment, said Mr.' Morling, S.M., in imposing a fine of £5O on Lilian Church, aged i>~, a clerk, for keeping a common gaminghouse in Queen Street, Ouehunga. lhe police said that when they visited the shop on Friday last, they found two telephones and a number ot doubles charts in a room at the rear. , “On occasions Mrs. Church nas failed to pav out when she was entitled to pay, said Detective-Sergeant Nalder, "and consequently we have received, complaints. She is a divorced woman and has been betting for about two years, but has not been convicted.” , Defending counsel, Mr. Robinson, said it was not correct that Mrs. Church did not pay. , Hannah Elizabeth Gilmore, aged 44, a clothing factory employee, was fined la for assisting in the management ot a gaming-house.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 82, 31 December 1940, Page 10
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