A YOUTHFUL BOCKMAKER.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 218, 12 September 1916, Page 6

A YOUTHFUL BOCKMAKER.

DH> BUSINESS WITH TERRTTQBIALS A lad of eighteen years came before Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., to-day charge of street betting, which he -aoV , mitted. Chief Detective McMahon st§t«4 that the young fellow was in reguhr employment, but was a territorial, «n*. had faDen in the practice of "layiiir doubles" amongst the members of'hi* territorial company, with whom he'did a fairly considerable betting business, to the detriment of his companions. H'« people were very respectabte, boit found him very self-willed and impatient of r+, etraint. and he needed a etrong hand. Jβreply to the Magistrate, the lad ;e«V that his uncle, who was now dead, ne4" taught him the prohibited art of book* makin.g Defendant -was fined £20 *»*\ 7/ costs, of which. £S was to be paid mediately, and the balance in weekly * instalments, while he was ordered to te". placed under the supervision of,the Pro- r bation Officer until the money was paid, with oonditione that he should not" atr tend race meetings or billiard roonw, and;. 6hould not -be on the street after dark unless he was accompanied by an" dwf * Telafcive. . ' \