Criticism of gambling was expressed by Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Hamilton Police Court on Tuesday, when delivering a reserved judgment in a case in which a man was prosecuted for trespassing on the Te Rapa racecourse during the progress of a ra,ce meeting. The magistrate said it could not be denied that gambling was the principal vice of the community. The large crowds that attended races did not go to see the horses run, but they went with the hope of obtaining monetary gain as the result of gambling. Such large crowds formed the happy hunting ground of undesirable characters, such as pickpockets and confidence men. and regulations had been framed prohibiting such men from racecourses, with the object of protecting the public. '
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4634, 11 December 1934, Page 8
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