RACECOURSE FIGHT.
KNUCKLE-BUSIERS USED
PARTIES IN COURT. LONDON,, .Tunc 9. A racecourse fight at Epsom, in which knuckle-dusters are said to have been employed, was described in Court, when Darby and Harry Sabini, the latter of whom figured in a fight between members of rival clubs in a cafe in Clerkemvell in November last, at the time of the vendetta against bookmakers on English racecourses, were charged conjointly with George Dido with striking Maurice, a fireman. The latter alleged that, the dispute aroso over a bookmakmg pitch, with the result that tii prisoners set on him with knuckledusters. Tho prisoners said that there was a dispute between three Jews, which they tried to stop, and the fireman assaulted them. They were remanded.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 740, 23 June 1923, Page 5
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122RACECOURSE FIGHT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 740, 23 June 1923, Page 5
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