BOOKMAKER FINED £SO
TOOK £3OO DURING WEEK Press Association. HAWERA, To-day. . Patrick O’Connor, a billiard saloonkeeper, pleaded guilty in the Manain Police Court yesterday to a charge of keeping a common gaming house. Th*» police said that documents seized showed the defendant took £ 300 in bets during the Christchurch race week, but counsel submitted that the real amount was disguised and that defendant operated only in a small way. The Magistrate, Mr. R, W. Tate, said he would take into account the action of defendant in making a full confession, and inflicted a fine of £SO.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 442, 25 August 1928, Page 11
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96BOOKMAKER FINED £50 Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 442, 25 August 1928, Page 11
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