GAMING HOUSE RAID

Evening Star, Issue 23657, 17 August 1940, Page 10

GAMING HOUSE RAID

BOOKMAKERS BEFORE THE COURT MAXIMUM FINE IMPOSED A raid carried out under search warrant by detectives this morning upon a hairdressing establishment situated at 130 High street resulted in two men appearing before Mr J. B. Bartholomew, S.M., in the Police Court shortly afterwards upon charges of permitting certain premises to be used for gaming purposes and also of using the premises for such a purpose. They were Raymond Martin Quinn and Wilbur Halsey Stewart.

Chief-detective Holmes stated that the premises mentioned, a tobacconist and hairdressing shop, came under the notice of the police, and, armed with a search warrant. Detective Russell went to the shop this morning. Betting material, including double charts, was found, and also 17 bets had been recorded.

Stewart was an employee of Quinn, and a married man in receipt of a salary of £5 a week. He was employed in the shop, where he had been taking bets. Stewart had been before the court in 1937 on a charge of assisting in a gaming house, and was then fined £lO. . . J Quinn, the chief detective continued, was well known in Dunedin and had several previous convictions of a similar nature. He had been on a trip to Australia, and upon his return he took over the business at 130 High street. When races were in progress Quinn kept out of sight, but there was no doubt he was behind the business. In his case, suggested Mr Holmes, it was a case where the maximum fine of £IOO might be imposed. Neither man had anything to say, and Sir Bartholomew fined Quinn £IOO and costs and Stewart £2O and costs.