RAID SEQUEL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22963, 15 February 1938, Page 16

RAID SEQUEL

GAMING HOUSE CASE TWENTY-EIGHT MEN FINED KEEPER TO PAY £25 PENALTY " WELL-CONDUCTED PREMISES " "This is a well-conducted establishment where those of tho labouring class who want a game at low stakes can get one," said Mr. Terry, on behalf of James Joyce, labourer, aged 43, who was charged in the Polico Court yesterday, before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., with keeping a common gaming liouso at the Queen's Club, Queen's Arcade. Detective-Sergeant McHugh said that accused was in charge of the promises when the police raided them sis a result of complaints, at 8.35 p.m. on Friday. There was a chain on the door to prevent easy entry, and the place was fitted up as a billiards room, but there was evidonco that two-up had been played. Request for Time to Pay Mr. Terry said that accused had never been in trouble before. Tho magistrate imposed a fine of £25 and costs. "May I have time to pay?" asked accused. "You have got it on you; you do not want time," replied the magistrate, but he allowed 24 hours for payment. When Walter Victor Roy Smith, clerk, aged 26, was charged with assisting in the management of a common gaming house, Mr. Terry entered a plea of not guilty, but said that defendant would plead guilty to being found on the premises. Mr. McHugh agreed to amend the charge to one of being found on the premises, but added that defendant had been fined three times for similar offences. A flue of £5 and costs was imposed, seven days being allowed for payment. Others Found on Premises Charges of being found on the premises were preferred against 26 men. The following were fined £3 and costs 10s each: James George Adams, Henry William Thomas Jones, Samuel Henderson. James ' Notter Graves, Ronald Cameron, Edward William Hall, Henry Simons, Jack Reseter, Robert Coffey, Walter Carrick, Joseph Leo, Frank Dicker Russell, George Mac Donald, Frederick Dawson, Victor Ronald McCloughen and Sylvester Pickett. Fines of £2 and costs were imposed on the following: Henry Harding, Henry Bucklev, Victor Noble. Colin William Hay'don, Charles Viucent Duffev, Thomas Cuthbert Brownlie, Jack August, George Charles Adams, Gordon Alexander Archer and Stanley Roy Montgomery. "See that you pay, or there will be other costs," remarked the magistrate, allowing seven days for payment of the fines.