THE “VULTURES” OF TIMARU
GAMING HOUSE KEEPERS FINED.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Timaru, Aug. 17.
“This man is one of th© vultures who are living on th© lambs of Timaru, said Inspector Bird of Ivan Vuleta, who, in the Magistrate’s Court to-day, was fined £lO9 and costs, in default three months imprisonment, for having kept a common gaming house. William Alexander O'Connor, barman, for a similar offence, was fined £lOO and costs, in default three months imprisonment. Mr. C. R. Orr-Walker, S.M., was on the bench.
Vuleta and O’Connor pleaded not guilty to a charge of bookmaking and guilty to that of keeping a common gaming-house. The inspector withdrew th© bookmaking charges. Th© police made a raid on the Gisborne betting fraternity this afternoon, four prominent residents being arrested on charges of breaches of the Gaming Act reports th© Press Association from that town. The cases will be heard on Monday.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1929, Page 9
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