BOOKMAKING ADMITTED
DUNEDIN MAN FINED £350 SEQUEL TO POLICE RAID I United Press Assi.niationl DUNEDIN, This Day. “This is one of the biggest firms operating in the South Island,” commented Chief-Detective Holmes on the activities of a bookmaking business conducted by Robert David Donaldson (31), who admitted a charge of bookmaking in the Police Court this morning. The case was a sequel to a raid carried out on Donaldson’s premises at South Dunedin on 19th January, which was the first day of the Wellington Cup meeting. Also charged with Donaldson were Ferguson Nicol (20), John Charles Toomey (35). and Alexander Malcolm Barron, who admitted assisting in the management of a gaming house. Chief-Detective Holmes produced a sheet which detailed the extent of the business carried out by the firm during Christmas week. This statement showed that the value of bets taken totalled £ISBB, with a total profit of £1470. There was also an account for £lO5 produced for a ton of paper ordered by the firm for bookmaking purposes. Though only half of the first day of the Wellington races were completed, the police found that 650 bets valued at £439 had been taken.
Donaldson was fined £350 and his assistants £ls, £lO and £5 respectively.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 January 1939, Page 7
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206BOOKMAKING ADMITTED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 January 1939, Page 7
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