ILLEGAL BETTING
BIGGER FINES NECESSARY. /AUCKLAND, 16th December. " The minimum fine of £20 does not seem to have any effect upon bookmakers at all," said Chief-Detective M'Mahon, at the Police Court, in the case against John Benjamin, who appeared on a charge of having made bets on Takapuna'racecourse on 29th November. "They still go on," he continued, "and men have to be employed specially to watch them." Mr. Frazer, S.M., said that the minimum fine of £20 was imposed upon the "small" men; tho maximum was intended for "big" men. "If the > minimum penalty does not have the effect intended," he added, "it will have to be increased. In this case, however, where tho defendant is earning a small wage and has family responsibilities, it would be hard to single him out as a defendant on whom to start increasing the fine, and the minimum of £20 will be imposed. If the minimum. does not stop the bookmakers from betting, it will have to be' increased to £50 or thereabouts."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 146, 17 December 1913, Page 3
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170ILLEGAL BETTING Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 146, 17 December 1913, Page 3
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