GAMING HOUSE RAIDED.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3696, 27 September 1927, Page 3

GAMING HOUSE RAIDED.

STAMPEDE OF OCCUPANTS.

Auckland, Last Night,

Thirty-two men were arrested, at 10.30 on Saturday evening as the result of a raid by the police on premises in Victoria Street occupied by a Dalmatian. When Senior-Detective Hammond approached a gate at the rear of the premises a torch was flashed in his face by the occupier whom he seized around the neck. Anothei man came to the captive’s assistance. After a scuffle the detective forced an entrance.

The occupier called out loudly in Dalmatian.

The detectives found about twenty men in a large room, some rushing' upstairs, others attempting to escape by the front door. But the premises were completely surrounded by the police and only one escaped, though several climbed on to the verandah and roofs of adjoining premises. The detectives found the tables covered • with heavy cloths and chairs for about twenty men, dice, dice boxes, cards and counters. The Dalmatian, named Marian Glavas, was charged to-day with keeping a common gaming house and thirty-one men with being on the premises without lawful excuse. PETONE BOOKMAKER FINED £IOO. Wellington, Last Night. Fritz Hugo Dolling, a hairdresser, pleaded guilty to using a shop at Petone as a common gaming house. The police stated the premises had been raided this morning. Records showed that accused had been carrying on betting for some years and had taken over £3OO worth) of bets on Saturday and £SO this morning before the raid. Accused was fined £75 in 1922 for a similar offence and had appealed successfully against the conviction. The Magistrate imposed a fine of £IOO.