NIGHT CLUB SCANDAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 January 1929, Page 5

NIGHT CLUB SCANDAL.

FORMER CONSTABLE AS WITNESS RELIABLE RACING TIPS. nil-... Press Association —By Electric telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Jan. 22. The case in which ex-Sergeant Goddard, formerly of the metropolitan police force, and Mrs Meyrick, proprietress of several London night clubs, pleaded not guilty to charges of accepting and giving bribes, was continued to-day. John Wilkin, who- previous to his retirement from the police force last October had been a constable under Goddard’s control, explained that he sometimes utilised Goddard’s betting tips on horse racing, which were exceptionally good. He remembered only one occasion when they were unsuccessful.

Wilkin mentioned one occasion when Goddard telephoned from «.■ public box outside a night club and told Madame Ahier, of the Jokers Club, that a raid was going to take place. Wilkin detailed other occasions when Goddard had telephoned or warned owner’s of night clubs that a raid was. in prospect. He added that Goddard destroyed a number o.f police notebooks which ought to have been returned to the subdivisional inspector. Cross-examined, he agreed there was nothing in the books to affect Goddard. The case was adjourned.