FINED FOR BETTING.
THE USE OF THE TELEGRAPH. .' By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. .', At the Magistrate's Court, Robert Roland Kidson and Francis Williani Eriekson were charged before Mr. Barj ton, S.M., "that being occupiers of at grocer/ store, they did keep and us* x such premises' as a common gaming lio.ise.". They were further charged", with frequenting Gladstone Road, a pub''' lie place, for the purpose of betting. The charges were laid as a result of a) police raid. T Each accused wag fined £25, and on th* second charge Kidson was fined £l. Thi Magistrate said it was stated by a d<»f tective that the telegraph office was use 4 for betting transactions. This was well known, and the Government did nothing to see the law was not properly carried out The position was Gilbertian.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1919, Page 4
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137FINED FOR BETTING. Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1919, Page 4
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