A SMALL "BOOKIE."
YOUNG MAN BEFORE COURT.
"THE FIRST AND LAST TIME."
FIXF OF £10 IMPOSED.
"This is the first and the last time," stated Athol James Aley, a young man, who pleaded guilty to following the occupation of a bookmaker, at the Police Court this morning.
Mr. Cummings, the chief detective, said that Aley had laid about 45 "doubles" at £7 10/ to half a crown. Accused had never done any betting before, and his previous character was very good.
Aley told Mr. McKean that he was a carpenter. Being out of work, he had decided to make a "book."
Mr. Cummings said that this was quite so. Aley had been out of work. He was not carrying on in a large way.
The fine was one of £10, in default fourteen days' imprisonment.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 49, 28 February 1927, Page 12
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135A SMALL "BOOKIE." Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 49, 28 February 1927, Page 12
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