ALLEGED BETTING FRAUD.
MRS. PEEL'S TRIAL BEGUN.
INCOME OF £7000 A YEAR.
Australian and N.Z. Table Association. CRecd. 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 13. The trial of Mrs. Peel on a charge of attempting to obtain money from bookmakers by means of mistimed telegrams commenced at the Old Bailey today. The prosecution stated that Mrs. Peel had an income of £7000 a year and allowed her husband £200 a month. Couneel incidentally drew attention to a mysterious £200 paid into the bank account of Dow, a stock broker, who gave evidence in favour of the accused regarding & conversation over the telephone at the preliminary hearing of the case.
Mrs. Peel is a daughter of Sir Robert Jardine, a well-known racehorse owner. Her husband, Captain Peel, has already pleaded gui ty to a similar charge to that on wliich his wife is now arraigned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18040, 15 March 1922, Page 7
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142ALLEGED BETTING FRAUD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18040, 15 March 1922, Page 7
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