Gaming Offences
FINES IMPOSED Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 30. Four men convicted of olfonces connected with bookmaking were fined amounts totalling £IOO •by Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M. Accused were caught red-handed on (Saturday when plain clothes constables and detectives made arrests. The fines were as follow: Maurice George Morton, aged GG, described as a bookmaker, £2O; William Joseph Brosnahan, aged 39, a butcher, £2O; John Harris Prisk, aged 30, a motor driver, £2O. Hugh Herlihy, aged 43, a barman, charged with using the public bar of the United Service hotel as a common gaming house, was fined £4O. Morton and Herlihy were arrested in the bar of the hotel and the others at a whippet meeting at Bushey Park. The Magistrate said he was surprised that such a business should havo been carried on in one of the leading hotels. He felt sure the Licensing Committee would have something to say about it. A third man arrested at Bushey Park was remanded.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7301, 31 October 1933, Page 7
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164Gaming Offences Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7301, 31 October 1933, Page 7
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