A BOOKMAKER FINED.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12966, 20 November 1907, Page 7

A BOOKMAKER FINED.

(srECiAii'ro "tub riusee.") DUNBDIN, Noremhfrr ZO. Aβ a reeult of * civil action, in whkal one Geddws sued, Benjamin Ourtii, bookmaker, for £82 lit, the letter WM , to-day brought up on threei «a«rgM of betting totalieator odd*. I"* feet* ' wero that Gedd«i went to Wcllijigta** and lliecarton, but before «o <krt»R,. a*keS Curtie if the tunwl erranee-. mental would hold Bond ; that w*B,.UMt when he telegrapned. b* wM'toi*«>iv« totalieator diviaondt if ne Oeddee had bad betting tranaactionß with Curtie, and had alwajre been piid in accordance with totalientor odd*.,. At any rate, Curtie agreed to th« proposition. While at the Grand Nia- ' tional Meeting, Glides cent teleeraHu addrcsssed to Ben Curti*, and rootir«tl replios ncknowltdging the wegratw. "• Ocddes made altogether fire bet«j and on thrw> of tiro twtß ho won money to tho extent of £82 14b, which Cnr-ti-s declined to pay. The Magistrate, in giving bU decision, said that tliio ayatem of ganbiing was the mo»t perniciou* that there was in existence. It wee dear in this : case that defendant wii a bookmaker in the habit of making beti, and on this particular occasion he was also dishonourable enough not to pay tho ck«bte that were owing by him. He thought it was a mean, despicable act,„ and he di<l not intend to take a lenient view of the case. He would fine defendant £20 on each of the three ohargca, with 11s Od costs in each ilist a net-.