PAKAPOO

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 14

PAKAPOO

C^INES'I^rIm ISES; RAIDED

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OavMoridayf evening Detectives Cooper .'. and- 1 TheaK "raided jr^niises-in' 1 Vivian street occnpied-, by a Chinainan, and inado ; .ionrvtoests. . As-a consequence, AE^qng^(2s) ".was charged . at. the. Ma^strailatsGSnbiii:^ yesterday, .with; using prenuseSf'^wmcff. ne occupied, as a com-; moirjgaming^hovise.l He pleaded guilty/ "It;^the^usual case of a man'using' tha^]^la<»^aS'; a-''p.akapo;o' house,"/ said Ohlel^Dete6'tree?JKemp ( ,, who added- that alth.b'ughTthe: ."Idefendant" had. npt'.'been befqre'the Gourt previously,'.h'e.had been warneiJ-by'the police/;'l)efend.aiit; he , said^JeftfiH'e but he retttfi£d";;.Bold'.:.the pakappo" '.tickets'.'with renewed';vigbur,' and 'was found 'selling' them*'iwheniihia...place .was raided; l Two othe£?!Chiii'arii'enj'and a'European ; vrere : ioua'd;:,bii: 4 lihe;pt)iimsesi ,:''For,a tune, thecori^cuqnS^of %wb-Jyea'rs.:-a"gp' acted as : a delerren'^but;;the£loo..fiiiei are becoJi^g;;f6rgQttentiiow,'' said the Chief Dete'ctiyev'v:v-:': •:<•"■ '■ .. ' ' on behalf of'the acc«ae'd',;.is'aid'that Ah"Fong did. not,,iise. his:;'pfiettjisest as;;*- "tiank,'' vbu't ran; ''a' business-there.;--:-: - V' : ■•■■•"■'••'■• '.', i Tha'Sia|istrate::(Mi -W'.'.GV Riddel'l^ S.M.")','.;impbsed';,!a",' fine, "of' £50." Fdrtyeiglit;j;hpurs r ; were, ,aUqwed; in ,which .to;. pay i''the^inqn'e^'-v" •. ':■■•■' -.' ••'■■ ;;';'i-..-; ■ .-' ',■.-.', In!',iegttr3V"to'7j O e,'Guy,(i&y .and Sue Hna:'(39)Tr°wH6": were charged""with .being loujni4:';in^a;','coni,inon gaming ' lipuse, a plea;; of-not guilty was entered; ' Elete'ctiye'XCodper, wno gave evidence of xaiamg^e^prernises,- .said wheri ; he entere;d;-'.Ah:!Pong was. seated 'at a table, and-;|the'; two defendants;!'were,an- :the: roo'mv'.''Sue: Hue' went""butV'tiut'-h's r:was: brought back, and made no explanation. .Toe Guy said he was there to see a friend. Corroborative evidence was given by Detective Thear. , ; . , Mr. Tustjni'stSled that the,defendants did not play pakapoo, and were not on the premises for that purpose. Sue Hue was a Greytown farmer who had come to Wellington to" have his feet attended ■ to. Joe': Guy was a boardinghousekeeper and did not play pakapoo. He ;tvent- to Pong's store to make- "some purchases, and took Hue with, him to. Bee some of their countrymen. v Guy gave evidence along the lines ■ indicated by" MrviTustin. ' " ".. . ■■ ■" "po yqyi knpwj what jthis is? I', asked . Chief Detective," -Kemp, rustling ~'t a pakapoo ticket in Guy's' face. The witness denied all knowledge of it, "Why did yon say it was hard luck to be caught there if you went to buy vegetables?" „-..-.., ... ■.-,; "Because I can't talk. English," replied the witness through his interpreter. ■'■''..■■■:' '■ "Did yon ever see a pakapoo ticket in Auckland?" ,-..:. "Yes," smiled the witness. " ! "And you were convicted there for celling pakapoo tickets." , i'Yes," said Guy, his smile broadening. . i ?'■"'■-■■'■ .:-'.:.. : ;„ ;.. • "I'm not prepared'to accept the statements dfth'e'defehdanta,"'"said.his-Wor-ship, who fined them each £2, in default 'seven-days imprisonment; - i Duncan"George "Anderson, the 'fourth' defendant, who was- described by the Chief Detective as a hard-working: man who went to the premises to -make money, was also fined:£2.• =,