POLICEMAN HAVE ALL THE LUCK
j "Astonishing good luck" was enj joyed by Constable G. A. Spice when he was assigned to the task of in- | vestigating gaming* activities in on i Auckland hotel. Takir-g part in threa raffles, he won two, gaining in all sixteen packets of cigarettes for an outlay of 3/-. These fruits of victory j were displayed in the •Magistrate's Court when Edvvard Harrison, a pensioner, aged 62, was charged- hefore Mr. J. Morling, S.M., with establishing a lottery. He pleaded g'uilty. Gonstable 3p.ice isakl the rafflfes were drawn hy a barman, who drew a nuvnbered bottle top from a paper bag. "I would draw your Worsliip's attention to the faet that it" is common knowledge that many eminent people have been indulging in ralfles during the last few weeks," said Dr. Finlny. who appeared for Harrison. His client, he said, was a Soath African wai* veteran. The Magistrate acceptcd Harrison's a--surance t I-it he would discontinue the practice and imposed a fine of £3.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5286, 24 December 1946, Page 3
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