FINED £IOO
ALLEGED BRIBE TO DETECTIVE. IBy Telegraph—Ter Tieae .iksociafcion AUCKLAND,: November 17. John Johnson, 60, on pleading guilty to keeping a common gaming house at home, was fined £IOO, or three months’ imprisonment. Detective Sneddon said that when lie called on Johnson on Saturday, the latter offered him £IOO “to square it.’ Counsel submitted that the Detective misunderstood, as Johnson meant lie w ould pay that amount into Court rather than be convicted.
Magistrate Hunt: Well, if he wax offering £IOO on Saturday, he can pay it now.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1930, Page 3
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89FINED £100 Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1930, Page 3
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