“TOTE" BETS
BREACH OF ACT A MEAN SUBSTITUTION [Feu United Press Association.! AUCKLAND. July 11. Very few people indeed know that it is an offence punishable by a fine of £2O, or imprisonment, to take money from a person to put on the totalisator at a race meeting. Charles William Bruce appeared at the Police Court to-day, when ho pleaded guilty to the following charge:— Not being an authorised agent of a race club licensed to use the totalisator, ho did unlawfully act as agent for Amelias Daniels in connection with a lOs ticket on a horse in the Hanraki Plains Handicap. t Senior-detective Hammond stated that, while at the Takapuna races, Bruce undertook to invest money for a woman, and was given 10s to put on a certain horao. The horse won, and it was alleged that accused gave the woman a “ dud ” ticket. Detective Hammond alleged that accused’s actions were not only in contravention of the law, but wore'dishonest, and really amounted to theft. Bruce explained that he got the ticket from another man, and handed it over to tho woman, thinking it was quite all right. “ It was a mean thing to do,” said tho magistrate in inflicting a fine of £lO and costs (Us), or fourteen days’ imprisonment.
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Evening Star, Issue 19274, 12 June 1926, Page 12
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212“TOTE" BETS Evening Star, Issue 19274, 12 June 1926, Page 12
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