GAMING OFFENCES
FINES TOTAL £l3O By Telegraph—Press Association HAMILTON, February 23. Pleas of guilty were entered in the Magistrate’s Court at Hamilton to-day by Christopher Howe Nicholson and Bryon Joseph Baumberg, who were charged with using premises in Victoria Street as common gaming houses. Percy Raymont Allport, charged with assisting Nicholson in using the premises as a common gaming house, also pleaded guilty. Nicholson was fined £lOO and costs, Baumberg £25 and costs, and Mlport £5 and costs. On the application of DetectiveSergeant Thompson, two gambling devices found in Nicholson’s office and one in Baumberg’s office were ordered to be destroyed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21279, 24 February 1939, Page 11
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101GAMING OFFENCES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21279, 24 February 1939, Page 11
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