A GAME OF CHANCE

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11068, 15 February 1929, Page 7

A GAME OF CHANCE

SHOWMEN FINED AT DANNEVIRKE. Electric Telegraph —Press Association DANNEVIRKE!, East Night. Richard Jones, alias Preston, appeared before Justices on a charge of playing a game of chance on the Dannevirke showgrounds yesterday, to wit, “crown and anchor.” The police asserted that when detected accused endeavoured- to cover up the appliance he was using, and subsequently offered the constable a sum of money to let matters drop. Accused, who had a list of previous convictions for various offences, was fined £25 or two months’ imprisonment. Mi- W. Dobson, J.P., commented upon the fact that accused should never have been permitted on a racecourse, yet such human parasites were allowed on showgrounds to prey upon the public. The sooner the application of section 33 of the Gaining Act was extended to agricultural shows the better. Raymond Quinn appeared to answer a charge of operating a roulette wheel at the Wbodville show, and was convicted and fined £lO, in default one month. The fines were paid in each instance.