CHARGED WITH BOOKMAKING.
PALMERSTON N., Jan. 30. Matthew Connelly, fiax contractor, was charged at the Police Court to-day with carrying on business as a bookmaker on the Foxton racecourse on the 20th inst. Evidence was given by the police as- to money having been seen to pass between accused and several men, and accused's race-book was produced containing certain entries. The defence was that the money paid to the men was for flaxcutting, and the entries in the race-book were of the same nature. The case was- adjourned till Saturday.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 31 January 1912, Page 5
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90CHARGED WITH BOOKMAKING. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 31 January 1912, Page 5
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