MAXIMUM PENALTY
GAMING HOUSE KEEPER
<P ) DUNEDIN. Jan. 5. • It is difficult to deal with cases oi this nature at present owing to the somewhat divergent sentences passed.” said Mr, 11. W. Bundle, S.M., in the Police Court in fining Samuel Hartley, aged 49, who was described as a clerk, the maximum penalty of c 100 on a charge of keeping a common gaming house. Chief Detective Hall said that several hefting sheets and slips were found recording 59 bets on races from Auckland to Gore totalling £74 under '23 different non-de-plumes. Ihe accused also had 23 doubles charts and two “picks” cards. He had been before the court on two previous occasions for bookmaking, having been fined £125 on the last occasion. Counsel said that at the time the premises were raided practically all the betting for the day had been lodged «and the £74 did not suggest that Hartley was in a big way. The magistrate fixed immediate default at two months’ imprisonment.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21605, 6 January 1945, Page 4
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