GAMBLING AND BOOKMAKING
HEAVY FINES IMPOSED. NAPIER, May 15. At the Police Court this morning reserved judgment was given by Mr R. W. Dyer, S.M., in cases in which James Golding, \Y. Hutton. J. B. Corless. A. E. Elwood, J. Robinson, Albert Orange, and a Chinaman named Willie Cum were all charged with illegal presence on premises maintained as a common gaming house and with various offences in connection with the carrying on of an illegal bookmaking establishment. Except in the case of Orange, all the charges were upheld. Golding was fined altogether £2OO, Hutton £IOO, Corless £IOO. Elwood £IOO, and Robinson £IOO, while Cum was fined £5. Security for appeal was lodged.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3662, 20 May 1924, Page 64
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