BOOKMAKER FINED

Evening Star, Issue 23111, 10 November 1938, Page 12

BOOKMAKER FINED

BETS ON GUP MEETING Pleading guilty to a charge of carrying on business as a bookmaker, John Rmd was fined £3O by Mr P- W. Bundle, S.M., in the Police Court this moraing. Detective-sergeant Hall said that yesterday he and Detective Russell had intezviewed the defendant, who had in his possession betting slips showing 11 bets totalling £l2 10s on horses running at tha Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting at Christchurch. Defendant had stated that he had taken £7O in bets during the past four days. There were also ia his possession two cards on which was a list of winners and dividends, Defendant was 53 years of age, married, and had been a barman. Since giving up that occupation he had carried oa bookmaking in a substantial way. Ho had been before the court on a letting charge in 1932, and fined £lO. if it was correct that defendant had handled £7O in four days, added the detective sergeant, that money, if placed on the totalisator would have yielded to the Government and the club a sum of £l2. Mr D. A. Solomon, appearing for the defendant, said that his client had been a barmin for 30 years, relinquishing that work when the hotel changed hands tyo years ago. For health reasons he had not resumed that occupation, ani, foolishly, had tried to eke out a liting by taking bets. He was not one *f the large bookmakers of the town. His character was_ without blemish except for the conviction for making a bet. His Worship inflicted the fine stated without comment.