FOR STREET BETTING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 5

FOR STREET BETTING.

■ t AUCKLANDER FINED £100. j "MORE MONEY THAX SENSE." A young man named Leonard .Andrews '■ tppparcd before Mr F. V. Frasser. S.M.. this morning and admitted a charge ol living been in Fort Street on Tiiursday 'or tli- purpose of belting. Cbicf-Dctective McMabon said that ■\ndrev.-s had been frequenting For: -trcet for a considerable time now for I letting purposes, complaints having been j nude as far hack a- January last.' There ,ias very little doubt that he was carryi!'.; on business in a rather bis way, judging by the books and documents ivhieh were found on him when he was inested. He had within a very short ime recently obtained money to the ex:ent of L'-2o from a young man about IS year.- ot age. who wis in a fnriv rood position, and who had. in conse-|uence-01'1i...-s occasioned by tne.se ran.-actions. been brought to the brink )t a criminal prosecution. Andrews had n April. 1012. been fined C2"i and cosrs. inder another section of tne fiaming Act. or assisting in the management of ,1 ■omuion gaming house, lie was a young nan. strong, and we!] able to follow a awful occupation. -Mr Mowlem. for defendant, said that lefenJUnt was a married man, and had ived all his life in Auckland. He had lu-dno.-s connected with a picture, .heatrc. His Worship: What is the nature of :ho business-; .Mr Mowlem, after consulting with his ■lii-r.t. s.ajd tint: he found that Andrews iad shares in tiie theatre, and that ho ooked after his interest, there, but it lid. not entail regular work. Hid Worship said there was a distinction to l>e drawn between a man who i.id other work, and merely went to the races and "made a book" to pick up a ittlc extra money, and the man who did justness 1o the extent which the documents showed Andrews carried ii. o'i. Men who made a business of book malting .vere nothing more nor less than vultures preying on people who had more, money then sense. Apart from any Tior.il aspect, and he did not wish to pose as a moralist, the law made it illegal, and fixed heavy penalties. There were no merits in this c;u.e. and though it w-as a ilr.-t offence, defendant would be fined £WO and ',' coats. A month was allowed in which to arrange for payment of the fine.