A HEAVY FINE
RUNNING OF PAKAPOO DEN. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, September 26. “The worst feature of these pakapoo cases is that we have been receiving letters from the wives of relief workers complaining that their husbands have been losing money in these dens. Quite recently a boy of 15 was found in a pakapoo gambling house,” said Detective Sergeant O’Sullivan when prosecuting* Louey Wong, aged .34, in the Police Court. The police said the accused was an agent. The Magistrate (Mr McKean): These men always seem to be the agent. Is it not possible to bring the principals to Court?
Mr O’Sullivan said it was very, difficult. If one agent was caught another was put in his place. The Magistrate said the pakapoo dens were run by syndicates and he had heard something of the arrangements about the fines. If the Chinese would keep the game to themselves there would be no need to impose heavy penalties but they did not. He fined the accused £7O or three months and refused him time to pay. Counsel for the accused protested that another Magistrate yesterday had imposed a fine of £lO on a similar charge.
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Southland Times, Issue 22131, 27 September 1933, Page 5
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196A HEAVY FINE Southland Times, Issue 22131, 27 September 1933, Page 5
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