COMMON GAMING HOUSE
rUnited Press Association) WELLINGTON. This Day. Archibald More Merrilecs. of Petone. tobacconist, was fined £25 for keeping premises as a common gaming house There was talk during the hearing of the man behind the scenes in these cases and of the public expecting tobacconists to act for them. The Magistrate said that the police could not be criticised for enforcing the provisions of the Act. Defendant had certainly appeared twice previously on similar charges and where this was the case he was prepared to consider a prison sentence in the future. The material in the shop, it was slated. showed that bets totalling £7B were taken over the Easter period.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 19 April 1939, Page 8
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113COMMON GAMING HOUSE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 19 April 1939, Page 8
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