“HIGH LIFE GAMING”
PEER’S MANSION RAISED. RENTED BY GAMBLERS. London, Jan. 24. A lively story of a police raid on Viscount Galway’s town mansion, Portland Place, which was used, according to the prosecution, as a “high-life gaming house,” was told at Marlborough Street Court to-day. David Falcke, who is only 29 years of age, but was described as “one of the most inveterate gamesters and gaming housekeepers in London,” and Marjory Brisley, “a physical wreck, the cause of which we need not inquire,” were charged with conducting the establishment. The prosecution said that Brisley rented the mansion through an agent. The police forced the outer entrance and traversed two halls. They forced a second door, then passed through a passage and forced a third door before they reached the dining-room, which was allegedly used for gaming. Falcke refused to admit the police to the conservatory, saying that Viscount Galway had locked certain rooms, out the police discovered gaming instru-| jnents there. Accused were remanded.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1922, Page 5
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