GAMING HOUSE KEPT
(Press Assn.) DUNEDIN, Jan. 5. "Jt is difficult to deal with cases of this nature at the present time owing to the somewhat divergent sentences passed," said Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., in the Police Court in fining Samuel Hartley, aged 49, who was described as a clerk, the maximum penalty of £.IOO on a charge of keeping a common gaming house. ChiefDetective Hall said several betting sheets and slips were found recording 59 bets on races from Auckland to Gore totalling £74 under 23 different noms-de-plume. He 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 £74 did not suggest that Hartley was in a big way. The Magistrate fixed immediate default at two months' imprisonment.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 31, 5 January 1945, Page 2
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