THE AUCKLAND GAMING CASES.
ACCUSED BEFORE THE COURT. (United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, April 18. There was a "full house" at the Police Court to-day, when most «f the people implicated in the recent betting raids came before Mr Fraser, S.M. Loftv Richards and John Weston were charged with keeping certain premise in Queen-street, namely No. 9, British Buildings, for- the purposes of betting. Mr Thomas Cotter. K.C., appeared for accused, who pleaded guilty. He had advised accused that they had committed an offence, hut asked the Magistrate to take all the circumstances of anomalous legislation into consideration. Accused were each fined £75 and foats.
Leonard Andrews pleaded guilty to a charge of assisting in the management of a common gaming house. He was fined £25.
Charles Taylor and Robert Porter pleaded guilty to a charge of being occupiers of an office in Coombs' Arcade, kept and used as a common gaming house. They were each fined £75. and on relative charges arising from tlie above were convicted and discharged. Daniel Twohill. wh<s also pleaded guiltv to a charge of having Tsept a common gamins: house in Coombs' Arcade, was fined £? r . A number of persons found on _ the above premises on the occasion of the raid were fined £1 each.
Other cases have not yet been con Eluded.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 19 April 1912, Page 3
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