THE GAMING ACT.
OFFENDERS FINED,
(tress associattox telegram.)
GISBORNE, January 17. Several case 3 under th© Gaining Act were heard at the Magistrate's Court to-day, when Charles Croon and Arthur Owen were charged with keeping premises in Groy street as a common gaming house.
D-etective Mcleod stated that the men were partners, and on New Year's Day he telephoned and made a bet with Owen in the name.of a local man.. Both defendants pleaded guilty, and the Magistrate imposed a penalty of £100 and costs in each case. Both, had been previously fihed for a similar offence.
For frequenting Gladstone road for the purpose of betting, Thomas Bathgate Robinson was fined £75.
An information against two men of being found in a common gaming house was withdrawn.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16424, 18 January 1919, Page 13
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