TWO BOTTLE DEALERS

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 June 1935, Page 8

TWO BOTTLE DEALERS

SYDNEY POLICE RUSE.

SYDNEY, May 28

Two bottle-dealers wandered into King’s-lane, running from Palmerstreet to Riley-street, Darlinghurst, on Saturday. They slouched along the lane —tall fellows, who, perhaps, in decent clothes would attract attention in any crowd. But the people who lounged about King’s lane, leaning up against doorways, walls and posts, took no notice of the two men, who occasionally made known their calling in raucous voices, or inquired from householders if they had any “empties.” Sergeant Chuck disclosed at the Central Police Court yesterday why the two bottle-dealers had chosen King’slane as x likely place for “empties.” An 'extensive betting business, he said, was carried on in the lane. Scouts were placed at vantage points, and other precautions were taken. As soon as a' uniform was seen the scouts raised the alarm, and the betting ceased and evidence of-it was concealed. But the bottle dealers were really Constables Bailey and Cupitt, and they watched the betting in progress.

Frank Lawson, 30, and Ernest Briggs, 31, were each fined £5 for using a place in King’s-lane for receiving bets on a horse race