A WALKING " TOTE."
COAL MERCHANT AND BOOK- j MAKER. |_PREB3 ASSOCIATION.! WELLINGTON, June 9. ■■■ Judgment was given to-day by Mr HiddeU, S.M., in the case of James Ham, charged with o having used Willis Street on April 29 for the purpose of bookmaking, contrary to the city by-laws. , The'defence was that the money which had passed between the <*eiena> ant and several men was money which was being repaid by men who had borrowed small sums at various times. The defendant admitted that he was a bookmaker, but said that he was also an employer in a coal business, and had ordinary transactions in the street with some of his men. Detectivo Cassells described the accused as a walking "tote. . His Worship entered a conviction, and imposed a fine of £3 and costs.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 139, 10 June 1909, Page 8
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133A WALKING " TOTE." Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 139, 10 June 1909, Page 8
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