BOOKMAKERS RAIDED
FINES RANGE FROM £IOO TO' £3O. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) HAMILTON, Dec. 19. Raids were made by the police in various Waikato towns this morning on premises suspected of being run as common gaming houses. As a result, five arrests were made in Hamilton, while others were effected in Morrinsville, Matamata, Rotorua, and To Puke. The raids were on an organised basis, and were the largest ever conducted in Hamilton police district. They were carried out with precision and thoroughness, and were over before any owners of the raided premises had the opportunity of putting the others ‘wise” to the police operations.
At the Police Court yesterday afternoon, Charles Jackson, hairdresser, and James Henry Doleman, tobacconist, were each fined £100; Robert Irvine, hat blocker, £3O for keeping common gaming houses and bookmaking. Hillary Quinn, insurance agent, and Charles O’Bwen were each fined £3O for bookmaking.
Magistrate Wyvern Wilson said that bookmakers wore parasites, and should ho rightly put down. He referred not only to the large but small bookmaker. The small bookmaker lived on the working man, who could least afford to keep him. The Magistrate warned licensees of hotels against permitting bookmakers on their premises. Licensees were liable to jeopardise their licenses by allowing jbhis sort of tiling to continue.
At Morrinsville, Stephen Bain was fined £IOO for keeping a common gaming house.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1929, Page 1
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