PAKAPOO DENS.
THIRTY MEN BEFORE COURT. HEAVY FINES IMPOSED. ■WELLINGTON, August 18. Five houses in Taranaki Street, where it was suspected that pakapoo was being played, were raided by a party of police yesterday afternoon, and as a result thirty men, nine Chinese and the remainder Europeans, were arrested. In the Magistrate’s Court to-day, before Mr. E. Page, S.M., Wing Lee, Wong Hing, Ah Sam, Ah Wong, and Len Cheng were charged with using premises situated at 136, 120, 103, 130, and 134 Taranaki Street respectively as common gaming houses. The accused, who were represented by Mr. G. Josephs, pleaded guilty. Ah Sam and Ah Wong, who had previously been convicted, were each lined £3O, and Wing Lee, Wong Hing, and Len Cheng were all fined £25. Sub-Inspector Martin said that a constable had no difficulty in purchasing tickets on the premises, which had been used for the purpose of playing pakapoo for some time. It was difficult to put, a stop to the practice. On charges of being found in a common gaming house without lawful ex euse, 23 men were fined £3 and another £I.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 19 August 1933, Page 5
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187PAKAPOO DENS. Wairarapa Age, 19 August 1933, Page 5
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