Post by NZBC on Jun 5, 2011 8:52:12 GMT 12
Nineteen Arrests In a Chinese Gambling House.
It has been notorious for some time past that a number of Chinese residents in and around Auckland have been in the habit of meeting on Sunday evenings at the grocery shops in Wakefield-street kept by Ah Gong I_.ee, where they wasted their time and money playing fan-tan. The matter was brought under the notice of the police, wilh the result that a raid was made upon tho gambling-house in question last night, and no less than nineteen of the " almond-eyed celestials were arrested. The prisoners are principally market gardeners from the Arch Hill, Domain, and Newmarket gardens, and it is alleged that they were swindled by the banker of the concern.
.....he roll was called by Ah Quoi, restaurant-keeper, who interpreted, and the whole of tho prisoners wore then remanded till this afternoon. The Magistrate raised a question of bail, and Sergeant Pratt raised a laugh by saying it would be a difficult matter for the police, if they were allowed cut in bail, bocause he did not believe tbey would bo able to identify thorn again. The keeper of thehouse and Ah Quci's cook were, however, granted bail. The names of the prisoners are as follows -.—Gong Kee, Ah Ving, Ah Hu, Ah Tack, Ah Wah, Ah Pau, Ah Quote, Ah Ying, Ah Bing, Ah Chun, Ching Yee, Ah Lvi, Ah Yeo, Ah Chong, Ah Tim, Ah Choi, Ah Lou, Wong Ving, Ah Tong. The Hearing of tho Cases. Gong Kee was charged under the Gaming and Lotteries Act with permitting gambling, viz., the game of fan-tan, on Sunday evening, in a house oocupied by him in Wake- Bold-street. — Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 146, 29 June 1885, Page 2
It has been notorious for some time past that a number of Chinese residents in and around Auckland have been in the habit of meeting on Sunday evenings at the grocery shops in Wakefield-street kept by Ah Gong I_.ee, where they wasted their time and money playing fan-tan. The matter was brought under the notice of the police, wilh the result that a raid was made upon tho gambling-house in question last night, and no less than nineteen of the " almond-eyed celestials were arrested. The prisoners are principally market gardeners from the Arch Hill, Domain, and Newmarket gardens, and it is alleged that they were swindled by the banker of the concern.
.....he roll was called by Ah Quoi, restaurant-keeper, who interpreted, and the whole of tho prisoners wore then remanded till this afternoon. The Magistrate raised a question of bail, and Sergeant Pratt raised a laugh by saying it would be a difficult matter for the police, if they were allowed cut in bail, bocause he did not believe tbey would bo able to identify thorn again. The keeper of thehouse and Ah Quci's cook were, however, granted bail. The names of the prisoners are as follows -.—Gong Kee, Ah Ving, Ah Hu, Ah Tack, Ah Wah, Ah Pau, Ah Quote, Ah Ying, Ah Bing, Ah Chun, Ching Yee, Ah Lvi, Ah Yeo, Ah Chong, Ah Tim, Ah Choi, Ah Lou, Wong Ving, Ah Tong. The Hearing of tho Cases. Gong Kee was charged under the Gaming and Lotteries Act with permitting gambling, viz., the game of fan-tan, on Sunday evening, in a house oocupied by him in Wake- Bold-street. — Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 146, 29 June 1885, Page 2