BOOKMAKERS RAIDED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143762, 10 April 1912, Page 3

BOOKMAKERS RAIDED.

MANY ARRESTS IN AUCKLAND. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 9. Four detachments of police raided certain premises in Vulcan Lane, Coomhes’ Arcade, and the British Buildings, this afternoon, and detained all the persons therein on charges of being found in common gaming houses. It is well known that the introduction of gaming legislation made tho bookmaker’s business illegal, but a number of men who were formerly licensed still carry on a flourishing business. The raids were the result of months of observation, and proved a groat success, no warning of the intentions of the police being given. The police considered that they held sufficient evidence to warrant the raids, *and the result was that nearly eighty persona wore arrested. The arrested persons wore conveyed to the police station and there brought before justices of the pence. Tho principals wore released in bonds of .£2OO each, and those found on tho premises in bonds of £lO each. 'The persons concerned will appear in court to-morrow. The proceedings have created a sensation in the city.