"BIG BUSINESS!"
ONE OF WORST GAMBLING DENS IN AUCKLAND MAN FINED £SO (Press Association) AUCKLAND, Feb. 45. “There has been a pretty big business going \>n here, and! it is locked on as one of the worst gambling dens in Auckland at the present time”, said Detective-Sergeant McHugh, when Sylvester Pickett, aged 33, laborer. one of three men arrested in a raid on the Reservoir billiard saloon.. Great North Road, on Saturday afternoon, appeared, in 'the Police Court on a . .Charge of assisting in tho management of a common gaming bouse. The detective-sergeant added that numerous compaints had been received -about the premises. Young men, mostly on sustenance, Avere being encouraged to go there, and a lot of d l inking Avas going on- A number of empty bottles Avere found during the raid. Stating that ho must take notice of the police 'report and the accused's previous character, the magistrate said he must be fined substantially. One month would be alloAvqd to pay a fine of £SO, provided he reported tAvicc weekly to tho police.'
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13094, 16 February 1937, Page 2
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