BETTING PROSECUTIONS
HEAVY PINES INFLICTED. By Telegraph.— Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Prosecutions following the raid on the offices of two book-making firms in the city were proceeded with in the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Cutten, S.M. Alfred De Groen was charged that he used certain premises in Queen-street as a common gaming house, and that on 11th and 13th October he made bets with another person in the premises. He was convicted and fined £SO on each charge, with £4 3s costs.
Alfred Adams and Charles Philpott were charged with being occupiers and keepers of a common gaming house, and George Keven was charged with having assisted in oenducting a common gaming house. On behalf of the defendants Mr. Cotter entered a plea of "guilty," explaining on behalf of Kevon that he was merely a clerk and had no share in the profits. Keven was fined £2O. In the case of the other two defendants, his Worship could discover no mitigating circumstances, and imposed upon each of them a fine of £IOO with costs. A number of persons found on the raided premises were fined £2.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 172, 29 October 1910, Page 8
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