IN THE COURTS
FINES TOTAL £l5O, RAID ON GAMING HOUSE. fPress Association.' AUCKLAND, January 3. Thomas William Lecco, 65, was fined £IOO in the Police Court to-day for keeping a common gaming house, and David Henry Kirk, 54, was lined £SO for assisting him. Loece’s premises were in a private house, and during a raid while Detective Brady was answering the tel-mhone, he took several bets, including the winning double at Ellersh’e.
Counsel said that Leece, although he would not have laid the same double -himself, . felt in honour bound to pay out on it. Leece did .'no cash betting, but did everything over the telephone. He paid income tax every year. -
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11835, 4 January 1933, Page 2
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