A WELSHER

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1939, Page 6

A WELSHER

‘ GETS THREE MONTHS, SYDNEY, Jamiary r 5.A welsher who operated at Graf- . ton ■ greyhound ;races;dakt''-Easter',i;was j. given three months’ 'Jail ’• to-day. 7,at Grafton Court. - *f 4 , - v - Jim. Bradley, ‘alias ;Eraneis':Edh}p’tid Brady, alias Ted Lane,. t>f ; Blfisbidih, registered I bookmaker, was., '-‘charged / • with having stolen £2 r the - pfope^ty- . of .William Watkins, ,at Grafton,7on April’"l6 lastf ;/ - '. .. \ 7 Bradley was- also.ordered to xnake : re- ... stitution' and ipay‘ costs amounting to £l9/12/2,,in default a.further 40 days. . Forty charges of a similar nature - were adjourned to February- 20. r i j Evidence was-that after paying £25 | to-the. Grafton Club as security, Bradley was allowed to the Easfe r meeting. ” He operated oh night \ only on the finalVef:’the Maiden, to; he decided, ’on' toe ‘oVl6hdaj^cnight7 r : He bet . considerably over'Tlid ddds about the Grafton dog New ChieflYf'- r | On Monday Bradley was not ionchis stand. ~ A-;;-- -. v-w ' - After New’fbhief ' had’won, '4'T tickets ; issped by, him;r with, a'• (dee*, value! of -'; ■ Bradley -was arrested : at 'VVa^ga .oaty 'ii.i recently:' '.'- 7 ;. ; ’7 '7 'a^- : « The: £25 which cliib; h’ejdrhas . V - distributed among’ tickot-holdfers:. H * * • Police had a list’ of previous tonvic- \ tions against Bradley at Bfisbaiie.ft-/ '