DRUNK WINS £6OOO WHILE IN PRISON
SYDNEY, June 14. Locked in a cell overnight for drunkenness, a 40-year-old man was informed by the police that he had won first prize of £6OOO in the State lottery. He was celebrating his birthday when the lottery was drawn and when arrested his wallet contained only four shillings and four lottery tickets. He refused a police offer to telephone his wife for bail money because it was his first time behind bars and he wished to avoid trouble. The decision was quickly reversed, however, when a detective examined the tickets and discovered the prisoner’s fortune. Sure of his reception, the lucky winner borrowed six shillings bail from a sympathetic policeman and started home.
“It’s been a quite a day,” he commented.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22664, 15 June 1948, Page 5
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