ALLEGED THEFTS.
A BOOKMAKER CHARGED,;' [BY iEELEGBAPH.— ASSOffIATIOJf.J §| Wellington, At the Magistrate's Court to-day v McDuff, alias Eobt. Walter Wateon, » || bookmaker, was charged with thefts on the Trentham racecoorso Saturday, and with using obscenej'!f^|||j[B guage " *4llMi The evidence showed that accused bets in. respect to Danube, the winner of the Champion Stakes, but refused -to; . M cept tickets presented for payment On* || witness stated that after the betting'cftfe'H Duff signalled to a man behind tho fence, M at the same time putting a bundle bt*Qt*org " into his pocket. He then backed again* g the fence, and said to the ether >»*- g " Take it out of my packet." -The op| M man took the notes. A bookmaker's was produced in Court, which had a >$f^B front. ■ Decision was reserved until and on the charge of obscenity a £3, with 10s costs, or 14 ; days' impri*»" K ment, was inflicted. '. • '■V#^^^^^B
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14511, 27 October 1910, Page 6
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149ALLEGED THEFTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14511, 27 October 1910, Page 6
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