DOMINION BOOKMAKERS.
RECENT ACTIVITIES OF POLICE. Some recent activities of the police in regard to bookmakers, including the prosecution of a prominent operator in Wellington, who was heavily fined, prompted the. Standard’s Wellington correspondent to inquire of the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mcllveney, if his department was carrying out a general raid on suspected betting concerns. Commissioner Mcllveney smilingly suggested that a Police Department anxious to round up any class of offender did not start by circularising them to that effect, but lie added that he recognised a question of public importance was behind the inquiry, and he could answer it seriously. “So far as the police force is concerned,” declared Commissioner Mcllveney, “it stands for strict enforcement of the statutory law, and this will be done} by all members of the force throughout New Zealand irrespective of the offender's position or occupation. So long as members of the force do their duty honestly and faithfully, without laying improper traps or having recourse to dishonourable or even doubtful practices. they will have the fullest support I can give them.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3620, 31 March 1927, Page 2
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179DOMINION BOOKMAKERS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3620, 31 March 1927, Page 2
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