UNUSUAL PROCESS UNDER GAMING ACT
Police Apply for First Time in New Zealand TO CLOSE PREMISES FOR ALL PURPOSES [Per Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. For tho first time in New Zealand the police have moved under the Gaming Act to secure a declaration from the Supreme Court that certain promises are common gaming houses. The effect of such declaration is to close the premises against use for any purpose whatsoever until the declaration is removed. The application which is concerned with certain premises 171 —-173 Madras Street came before Justice Adams today. The front room Of 171 was occupied as a boot shop and' a room at the back was used by bookmakers. In room. 173 the owner, Walter Hulston, the respondent in the application, had a tobacconist shop. In June of last year the police raided the premises and two men were each fined £IOO.. In January the police raided again and found betting going ou under new management. Prosecutions and fines followed. The charge against Hulston of permitting the premises to be used as a common gaming house was dismissed by the Magistrate. The defence to the present application was that Hulston was not aware of tho business being carried on in the backroom. The Judge reserved' his decision.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3542, 25 February 1927, Page 7
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