BOOKMAKERS FINED
POLICE RAIDS AT NAPIER AND WTIANGAREI. WIRELESS APPARATUS IN USE. Napier, August 15. As the result of a police raid on Saturday afternoon, five men appeared in Court this morning. William Taylor and Thomas Cota Patterson were charged with frequenting the street for the purpose of betting and were fined £25 and £SO respectively, with costs 10s. James Samuel Golding, James Basil Corless and Frank Hammersley Bax were charged with using premises as a common gaming house. Each were fined £IOO, with costs 10s. All pleaded guilty. In the case of Bax the police stated that he had two telephones and a wireless apparatus for use in racing transactions. Whangarei, August 15. As the result of a police raid on Saturday afternoon, Ernest Alfred Lacey appeared before a J.P. this morning, charged with carrying on the business of a bookmaker, and With keeping a common gaming house. A lady clerk was also charged with carrying on the business. A remand was granted until August 29, bail being allowed the former in £l5O and the latter in £IOO.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3678, 16 August 1927, Page 3
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179BOOKMAKERS FINED Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3678, 16 August 1927, Page 3
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