GAMING ACT
BREACHES AT ASHBURTON. (Per United Press Association.) Ashburton, June 10. As a result of a police raid on June 3, Timothy Kissane was charged with using certain premises as a common gaming house.. Basil Muller was charged with assisting in conducting the business of a common gaming house and carrying on the business or occupation of a book-maker. Muller pleaded guilty to the first charge and the second was withdrawn. A fine of £5O and costs was imposed and a month allowed for payment. James Griffey and Archibald McNeill were each fined £2 10/- for being on the premises. The case against Kissane, who pleaded not guilty, was adjourned. SCATHING COMMENT. “ABSOLUTE PARASITES.” Dunedin, June 10. In convicting and ordering James Rodden to come up for sentence on a charge of bookmaking, the Magistrate, Mr Bundle, said: “To call these people bookmakers or sportsmen is absolutely the wrong term. It is an insult to the word sportsman, for they are absolute parasites with no idea of sporting instincts or even of fair wagering.”
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Southland Times, Issue 20202, 13 June 1927, Page 6
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175GAMING ACT Southland Times, Issue 20202, 13 June 1927, Page 6
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