GAMING CHARGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21999, 4 January 1935, Page 12

GAMING CHARGES

FINES IN THREE CASES ARREST ON RACECOURSE TIME TO PAY REFUSED Three charges of breaches of the Gaming Act were heard in the Police Court yesterday, and fines totalling £6-5 were imposed by the magistrate. Mr. Wvvern Wilson. A tobacconist, Arthur. George Williams, aged 43. was charged with using premises at 65 Pitt Street as a common gaining house. A shop assistant, Jack Ernest Gallaher, aged 23, was charged with assisting in the management of a common gaming house. Both accused, who were represented by Mr. Sullivan, pleaded guilty. Senior-Detective Hall said a constablo had gone into the shop of the accused Williams and made a 5s bet. being given a confirmation slip by Gallaher. He had another bet with Williams and later collected dividends. On Wednesday, Detectives Gillum, Miller and Brady raided the shop and seized a considerable amount of betting material. Slips show that 75 bets, worth £l7 14s 6d, had been taken. A total of £l9l in notes was also found on the premises. Mr. Sullivan said that neither accused had been before the Court before. It was a legitimate tobacconist and bookseller's business. Williams took the shop over only in August, but receipts were not up to expectations. Customers suggested he should do a little betting, and to oblige them Williams had done so. The money found represented the takings of the shop over Christmas. Gallaher was a lecitimate shop assistant and had taken bet 3 only to oblige his employer. Williams was fined £3O, in default one month's imprisonment, and Gallaher was fined £lO, in default 14 days' imprisonment. Arrested on the Ellerslie Racecourse at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, George Dudley Clifton, aged 30. motor engineer (Mr. Aekins), pleaded guilty to carrying on the business of a bookmaker. Senior-Detective Hall said Detective Davis and a racecourse inspector noticed accused taking bets on the coarse and arrested him. Ho admitted having made bets ranging from 2s 6d to 7s 6d, and had accepted 14 on the last race. "Accused belongs to Wellington and he came to Auckland for a holiday with his wife," said Mr. Aekins. "He chos« this way to augment his finances while here, but, unfortunately, his operations have been a loss to him." A fine of £25, in default one month's imprisonment, was imposed. Mr. Aekins asked for time in which his client could pay the fine, and said accused earned only £3 ISs a week. The request was not granted. PINE OF £SO IMPOSED PROSECUTION AT WANGANUI [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WANGANUT, Thursday In the Police Court to-day James Henry Davis was fined £.50 by Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., for keeping a common gaming house.