GAME OF CHANCE
FINE OF £25 FOR SHOW-MAN.. i S-ftfea wmsa re^Kaj ams turn* ., rss. i (Per Press Association — Copyriyhl.)
: ; GISBORNE, May 20. A. fine of £25 and. costs, in default t\A'o montl%.*'..was imposed Hewitt, .S.M., on James Berry, who guiltyto a char go of playing the game of clihnco known as ‘‘Bin the Ball, 1 ' at the Winter Show,, y■ . Detective;,; McLeod, describing' . ithe... game,' that three balls were placed round on a’small table, tlie player having to knock away the balls and upset a pin with a fourth ball. '* The bottom of the pin was hollow, and it was a common practice nmong showmen to put a sticky substance in the hollow so that it w<as impossible to knock the pin over. On the date in question, a country lad visited the Show. The accused induced him to play, the led losing all his money, amounting to four pounds.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1933, Page 5
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151GAME OF CHANCE Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1933, Page 5
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