THE BETTING RAID.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143770, 19 April 1912, Page 2

THE BETTING RAID.

HEAVY FINES IN AUCKLAND,

Per Press Association

AUCKLAND, April 18. There was a “full house” at the Police Court to-day, when most of the people implicated in recent betting raids came before Mr. Fraser, S.M. Lofty Richards and John Weston were charged with keeping certain premises in Queen street, namely No. 9 British for the purpose of betting. Mr. Thomas Cotter, K.C., appeared for the accused, who pleaded guilty. Mr. Cotter said that he had advised the accused that they had committed an offence, but asked the Magistrate to take all the circumstances of anomalous legislation into consideration. Accused were each fined £75 and costs. Leonard Andrews pleaded guilty to a charge of assisting in the management of a common gaming house. He was fined £25.

Charles Taylor and Robert Porter pleaded “guilty” to a charge of being occupiers of an office in Coombe’s Arcade kept and used as a common gaming house. They wore each convicted and fined £75. and on relative charges arising from the above case were convicted and discharged. Daniel Twohill, who also pleaded guilty to a charge of having kept a common gaming house in Coombes’ Arcade, was fined £75.

A number of persons found on the above premises on the occasion of the raid were fined £1 leach. Other oases are not yet concluded.