BOOKMAKER FINED £IOO
(RAJ AUCKLAND, June 9. A fine of £IOO was imposed in the Magistrate’s Court on Walter. Preston, aged 56, a carter, who pleaded guilty to bookmaking on Saturday. . The police said Preston had a list of convictions between 1907 and 1932. He was arrested bn Saturday in Grand View road, overlooking the,five furlong starting post at* Ellerslie. Crowds sometimes; numbering 200 congregated at this point, where a telescope was fitted up, so that totalisator results and the jockeys’ board could' be seen. When arrested, Preston had papers which showed that he had taken a bet of £3O on one horse, while on the previous Wednesday he had as many as 50 bets on one race. He had more than £477 in his possession. Counsel, Mr Terry, pointed out that Preston was not betting on the course, but merely for the accommodation of other punters.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23351, 10 June 1941, Page 10
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