CHRISTCHURCH RAID
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BUSjrSIESS BUSY BOOKMAKERS " CAUGHT' REDHANDED ONE HUNDRED POUND FINES
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Christchurch, Sqturday. A.s the result pf a raic( whiqh was made at- noorj .tp-day, fipes of £100 each weje imposed on Claude Murray Walden, aged 32, and Coiiii C^mpbeil Chisnall, aged 40, for keeping a commp^i gaming .house in aii' office at E0.tamer.ce Building, Hereford Streefc"* , *• ' - i |Hf Th'e police stated tbat business was in full swing whe.u the detectiyes ari;iye(iv Thrpe telephoues were in the office, and all werq gbing to,p, pressurp, and h.ftth men were exceedingly b,usy. Betting pbarts were fo,und" on the, premises, "^ich were , set up as a betting hquse. The men were in a big.way, and bookmaking was their business. Neither had been previppsly cqnvicted, and it was in their f avour that they had not come into Court to"tell a lot of lies, as frequeutly happened in such cases. They had been quite frank about the whole business. In support of the chargq the chief detective handed a pile' pf betting charts to the Bench. Both mei pleaded guilty, and neither hqd anything .tq say. Mr. A. Young, S.M., inflicted the maximnm penalty under the Act.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 361, 24 October 1932, Page 5
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198CHRISTCHURCH RAID Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 361, 24 October 1932, Page 5
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