BOOKMAKING ADMITTED.
TRANSACTIONS AT WAITOA. PENALTY OF £2O IMPOSED. [t'ttOM OUIt OWN I.OIUIKSt'ONUKNT. ] TK AROHA, Tliuibdiiy. A charge of carrying on I lie business of a bookmaker was preferred against Walter George Nesbit Howard, confectioner, of Waitoa, in the Te Aloha Magistrate's Court to-day Mr. T. Carroll, for defendant, entered a strong plea for leniency on account of defendant's previous good character and ihe fact that he had given I lie police every assistance in their investigations. This was defendant's first appearance in Court and lie was deeply sorry for it. Constable Slit ton said that as a result of a fairly long period of suspicion Constable 1 lodge visited the defendant's shop and made two small bets. A search revealed a small quantity of material, but. there was nothing lo indicate that the business was carried on lo any great extent. The magistrate, Mr. F. W. Platls. said that under the circumstances defendant would be fined £2O and costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20897, 12 June 1931, Page 14
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BOOKMAKING ADMITTED.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20897, 12 June 1931, Page 14
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