BETTING COMEDY
Winners Backed WITH VALUELESS CHEQUES. (Per Press Association}. TIMAR.U, February 18. Three men, Ivan Valeta, Alfred T. L. Huston and James Sims, appeared at the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon charged with making bets at totalisator odds on the Dunedin races. Joseph Todd was charged with making bets with the defendants named. There were two charges against each. A aleta, Huston and Sims had complained to the police that Todd had been betting with valueless cheques, one having been presented at the bank and been dishonoured. Todd had complained to the police that the other men had refused to pay him. A number of substantial bets were made, most of which were on horses which
won. All four pleaded guilty, and they were fined £2O each on each charge.
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Grey River Argus, 19 February 1932, Page 5
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130BETTING COMEDY Grey River Argus, 19 February 1932, Page 5
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