Raid Yields £2OO in Gambling Fines
WELLINGTON CAPTURE FORTY-FIVE PROSECUTED Pi css Association , WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Fines totalling over £2OO were imposed to-day on the men arrested as the result of a raid on the Premier Club on the night of April 9. QNE of the keepers, Francis Law, ( who had a previous conviction, was fined £IOO and the other keeper. Thomas Dwyer, was fined £4O. All but one of the defendants reversed their pleas of not guilty entered at the first hearing and admitted the offence. Only one charge was dismissed on a technical point. Of the 45 men found on the pre- j mises, six did not appear in court at the first hearing and were fined £3. Another was dealt with yesterday. The remainder were fined in sums ranging from £2 to £5. A charge against Isaac Kutner, of assisting in the conduct of a common gaming house was dismissed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 332, 18 April 1928, Page 13
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152Raid Yields £200 in Gambling Fines Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 332, 18 April 1928, Page 13
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