GAMING OFFENCES
MAN CAUGHT IN BILLIARD ROOM. TWO OTHER MEN FACE CHARGES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. A fine of £2O was imposed on Harry Abram Smith, charged in’ the Magistrate’s Court to-day with keeping a common gaming house. A billiard room in High Street occupied by Smith was raided by the police to-day and betting material was found. Counsel for Smith said Smith did not make a penny out of the transactions, but was only a gobetween for bookmakers and their clients. Henry William Pullen and Thomas Victor Tuohy pleaded not guilty to similar charges and were remanded for eight days, bail being £lOO, with surety of £lOO. Pullen was said to have been operating in a building in Colombo Street and Tuohy in the bar of an hotel.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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131GAMING OFFENCES Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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