ROUNDING UP THE BOOKIES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3657, 25 June 1927, Page 2

ROUNDING UP THE BOOKIES.

RAID ON TAILORING ROOMS

HEAVY FINES INFLICTED

Auckland, June 23.

A party of detectives visited premises in Customs Street, known as the Elite Tailoring rooms. As a result of the search, Henry Saunders, 20 years of age, and Roy Thomas Tabrum, also 20 years of age, were both arrested. These meir appeared. before Mr. W. R. Ale Kean, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court to-day, Saunders pleading guilty to a charge of keeping a common gaming house, and Tabrum admitted .that he assisted Saunders in the management. Saunders had been before the Court on January 3 last, on a similar charge and was fined £75, said Chief-Detective Cummings. Despite this he had continued to carry on the business of betting- in an extensive way. While in the possession of.the premises, the police took a number of bets over the telephone in addition to results and dividends of races run at Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, yesterday. Mr. Cummings added that Saunders was in a sound financial position. Apart from his offences under the Gaming- Act nothing was previously known against him. His honesty had never at anytime been questioned.

Mr. McKean told Saunders that he was liable to imprisonment on the charge. He had his warningbefore.

Saunders, who had nothing to say, was then lined £IOO. Chief-Detective Cummings said he had the money—in fact, ho had £l5O belonging to Saunders.

Tabrum had not a word to say and was fined £SO.