CHARGES AGAINST POLICE

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21760, 17 April 1936, Page 13

CHARGES AGAINST POLICE

BETTING ENQUIRY IN SYDNEY

A BOOKMAKER’S EVIDENCE BUSS ASSOCIATIOH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received April 16, 10.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 16. Giving evidence to-day before the commission enquiring into police methods in betting raids Alfred Ingram, who admitted having been repeatedly convicted and fined for illegal hotel and street betting in North Sydney, corroborated the evidence given by Mr E, L, Sanders, a Government member of the Legislative Assembly, alleging bribery against Sergeant Jennings. Ingram declared that his earnings over six years as a starting price operator amounted to £BOO a year. He had now given up that occupation. ~ _ Cross-examined, Ingram said Sergeant Jennings had advised him to take a shop and bet there, instead of on the street or in hotels. He rented a shop, but Jennings continued to persecute him. Mr Bradley, K.C., who is assisting the commission, intimated that he had received information about a case at Port Macquarie which reflected seriously on the police. It would be alleged that a man who pleaded guilty to betting charges was convicted. He appealed, and the conviction was set aside because of the false evidence of po sergeants and a constable. Two police agents were involved.