BOOKMAKER FINED £l00
MAGISTRATE’S WARNING. [PER press association.] AUCKLAND, November 9. William Alfred Mackay-, 39, bookmaker, was fined £lOO, to-day, for keeping a common gaming house. It, was his fifth offence, under the Gaming Act, and Hie previous fines included two of £lOO. Magistrate Hunt said that some of these offenders seemed to regard the £lOO fines in the light of a license fee. Accused’s counsel assured the Magistrate that times were hard for bookmakers, as for other people, and £lOO for a license was by no means cheap. The Magistrate, in imposing the fine, said: “It’s his last chance. It will be three months’ next time.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1931, Page 2
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