A GAMING-HOUSE.
A CHINAMAN CONVICTED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Wong DdO, a Chinese, Was fined £5O on a charge of permitting his premises to be used as a coiamon gaming house. Security for appeal was fix.’ed at £l5, plus the fine, and costs £4 12s Cd. Cases against twenty-one others were adjourned pending the appeal,. Wong Sun being charged with keeping the house, two others with assisting, and the rest with being found on the premises. The defence in Wong Doo’s case was that the games were not games of chance any more than whist, euchre or any game of cards. It was also contended that the game described by the police was not played on the date of the raid, July 16.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1922, Page 4
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125A GAMING-HOUSE. Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1922, Page 4
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