BOOKMAKING CONVICTIONS
TWO MEN REMANDED
CHRISTCHURCH, November 3. Arthur Leonard Albertson pleaded not guilty when charged before Mr Justice Northcroft in the Supreme Court to-day with carrying on the business of a bookmaker. The jury retired at 12.30 p.m. and at 3 p.m. returned with a verdict of guilty and added the following rider: “That this jury considers the present law regarding bookmakers should be amended.” Albertson was remanded till Monday for sentence. Leslie James Coxon pleaded guilty to a charge of betting with a bookmaker. His Honor said he would postpone sentence until Monday. Coxon was released on bail on his own recognisance of £5O.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 November 1944, Page 3
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