TRESPASS ON RACECOURSE.
ONE OFFENDER FINED £lO. Described by Chief-Detective Cummings as a "guesser," John Coffey appeared in the Police Coart yesterday before Mr. F. K. Hunt, 5.M., on a charge of trespassing on a racecourse. Accused submitted a letter to the Bench in lieu of a verbal explanation. Mr. Cummings: He is a guesser, and runs backwards an-d forwards from the totalis a tor to the bookmakers who wait outside. We object to him being on the Course. Mr. Hunt: Of course. _ , The Chief Detective: His last conviction Was for assisting in the management of a gaming house. His work consists of keepir>g the door of the house. Accused was fined £.lO, in default one month's imprison meat. When Thomas Finnegan was charged with trespassing on a racecourse the chief detective said it was not suggested that accused was co-operating with bookFinnegan whs lined in defciult seven days' imprisonment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19143, 8 October 1925, Page 15
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150TRESPASS ON RACECOURSE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19143, 8 October 1925, Page 15
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