Nine Men Before Court On Gaming Charges
COMMENT BY COUNSEL.
Per Press Association,
AUCKLAND, Jan. 10,
Nino men appeared in the Police Court this- morning charged with bookmaking or keeping a common gaming house. Thoir appearance was the result of the Auckland detectives’ last round up of bookmakers for 1935. • The lines imposed by Mr W. R. Mc< Keen, S.M., were: Lionel Arthur Baker, £10; Albert Clarence Tait, £10; Frederick Walter Breed (third conviction), £SO; Edward Martin Harvey Nicholson, £2O; William Joseph Bird and Allan Bremncr, who admitted partnership in a common gaming house, £2O each. Appearing for one defendant, Mr F. W. Schramm, M.P., said the gaming legislation of New Zealand might undergo some alteration in tho near future.
The Magistrate commented that previous fines inflicted by him had apparently been no deterrent. Tho hearing of charges of bookmaking against William George Bloomfield, William Elynn, and Thomas Arrhibald Hayes was adjourned.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 9, 11 January 1936, Page 7
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