NOVEL POLICE APPLICATION.
TO CLOSE PREMISES. ALLEGED HAUNT OF BOOKMAKERS. CHRISTCHURCH. February 24. For the first time in New Zealand, the police have moved under the Gaming Act to secure a declaration from the Supreme Court that certain premises are a ccmmon gaming* house. The effect of such a declaration is to close the premises against use for any purpose whatsoever until the declaration is removed. The application, which concerned certain premises, 171-173 Madras Street, came before Mr. Justice Adams to-day. The front room of No. 171 was occupied by a boot shop, and the room at the back was used by bookmakers. In No. 173, the owner, Walter Halston, respondent in the application, had a tobacconist’s shop. In June of last year the police raided the premises and two men were each fined £lOO. In January the police raided it again and found betting going on under new management. Prosecutions and fines followed. The charge against Hulston of permitting the premises to be used as a common gaming house was dismissed by the magistrate. The defence to the present application was that Hulston was not aware of the business carried on in the back room. The judge reserved his decision.— (P.A.'.
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Wairarapa Age, 25 February 1927, Page 5
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202NOVEL POLICE APPLICATION. Wairarapa Age, 25 February 1927, Page 5
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