A HEAVY. FINE.

Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19604, 17 June 1935, Page 9

A HEAVY. FINE.

DEALING IN OPIUM. CHINESE CONVICTED. (By Telegrapt).—Press Association.) DUNEDIN,, Saturday. In the police court George Fong, a Chinese, was fined £350 on a charge of dealing in prepared opium. ■ Charges of selling and having smoking apparatus in his possession were dismissed. , The default was fixed at six months’ imprisonment, seven days being allowed Fong In which to find the fine. Security for appeal was fixed at £lO 10s. In announcing the conviction the magistrate referred to the fact that 24 tins of opium were found in Fong's possession, 21 of which were parcelled as correspondence, which seemed to indicate widespread inquiries for opium. His Worship also roferred to the large sum Fong had banked and to the list of dangerous drugs in his possession, also his attempt to bribo the police, and his admission that lie received 2s per tin. All these facts were factors in the decision to convict.