Police Methods in Betting Raids
ALLEGATIONS IN SYDNEY United Press Association—By Electric Telegray li. —Copyright. Received Wednesday, 9.55 p.m. SYDNEY, March 23. At the betting raids inquiry to-day Henry Farmer, tobacconist and hairdresser, oi Marrickville, declared that three police raided his shop in February, 11)30, and later he was convicted of an illegal betting offence. The betting slips which were tendered in Court were not in his shop or house before the police entered, and the writing on them was not his. Farmer said he lost his appeal against conviction. Mrs Farmer gave evidence that she was roughly handled by two policemen on that occasion and wondered what the raid was all about, as her husband was not a bettor although he posted race results in his shop window. Sergeant Heebie told the commission that there were complaints about betting in the suburb of Marrickville and the police raided Farmer’s because there was always a crowd about his shop. Commissioner of Police Mack ay, in evidence, said lie had received many complaints about the police, mostly in the form of anonymous letters. - The majority of these complaints were investigated despite anonymity.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 72, 26 March 1936, Page 7
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