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BETTING FINES. (Our Own Correspondent). TIM ARC. October 3. A fine of £lOO. with costs, was imposed by the Magistrate in the Police Court on • Ivan Vu'cta tobac; ’Onis/. uhn pleaded guilty to using h s premises in Stafford Street as a common gaming house. George Edward Ford, tobacconist charged with a similiar offence, was fined £2O. MAORI’S OFFENCE. WELLINGTON. October 3 Topeora Maewa, Ames, 32, was committed to <the Supreme Court for sentence by Mr Stif well S.M, on a charge of attempting with menaces to obtain £8 from Mona E. McCardb' of the Paekakariki Ho'el. with intent to -teal it. Counsel said that accused in'ended ♦ o plead guiltv und submitted that the case coukl be dealt wi*h summari’y. He suggested that there <was ov'side pressure on accused tn do v. ha f si i(’ d’ d. Mr Stillwell said that the case could be easily distinguished from one a Magistrate had power le ‘lea’ with. There were menaces, and the public had to be protected. Il<- r< ‘- fused to take fhc course slight<‘d.
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Grey River Argus, 4 October 1934, Page 8
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