ALLEGED BOOKMAKING
POLICE OUTLINE CASE.
DECISION RESERVED.
AUCKLAND, This Day.
Francis Robert Bennett was charged at the Police Court with loitering at Devonport for the purpose'~of betting on January 28 and 30." The chief-detective said that Bennett was a bookmaker. Hq had no other occupation and had an office in Swanson Street, with no name on the door, which was barren inside. There was a telephone, the number of which was not listed. Witness produced a double chart which he said was published by Bennett. It had Bennett's sign: “Bumble Bee." The chart was picked up in the street and showed that Bennett had a £ISOO book on the Cup and Railway double at Christmas, Defendant was hanging about the gates of the Takapuna course on both raeq days and was visited by many well-known punters from the course.
Accused denied the charge and decision was reserved.—Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 3 February 1928, Page 4
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