BETTING RAID
ORGANISED POLICE ACTION
NINE MEN ARRESTED
(United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph.—Copvright.)
DUNEDIN. March 21
Alter several weeks' investigation simultaneous raids were made by thirty police officers on Saturday
1. 1 lorn-ion on plae.'s of business occupied bv men suspected of breaches ot the Gaming Act. As a :esult oi the raids, nine men were charged n, the Police Court to-day, with carrying on
the business or occupation of '"->okmaking. Thev were: Isaac Henry Curtis, Charles' Henry Paul, William M 'Qi'ooa, Leonard l.csl'e LiHh*. Job" Sinclair Clark. Thomas Poi'-cr, I nou-as Garvey, Th mas Hanley and John Reid. Alter Pot .or ami Paul had pleaded not guilty and withh-ld their election of summon trial lor (rial b.v iury. the police applied lor a remand (ill Apiil 4 which was granted, hail being allowed (lie "ine accused. The police staled tluil further charges ■of koejij,,,, common gamine iu-uscs and laying (i-lalsialoi odds would he preleriod,
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1932, Page 5
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156BETTING RAID Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1932, Page 5
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