"SILVER BETS"
YOUNG MAN FINED £lO OPERATING AS AN AGENT An admission that ho, had kept his premises; in, Great North Road, Point Chevalier, as a common gaming house, was made by Perry Edwin Cornish, aged 24, hairdresser, in the Police Court yesterday. In asking for leniency counsel for the defence, Mr. R. N. bloody, said accused was the proprietor of a small business, and during the past seven or night weeks ho had been taking silver bets in an cflort to augment his earnings. ITe would bo unable to pay a substantial fine. The Magistrate, Mr. F. K. Hunt: Is he the principal or just an agent ? Detective-Sergeant Kelly: 110 is only an agent, and has not appeared before the Court in the past. Mr. Kelly added that prior to his arrest on Saturday accused had taken a number of doubles in connection with the. Auckland Trotting Club's spring meeting at Epsom. He had £8 3s 6d and hetting material in his possession when taken into custody. A tine of £lO. in default one month's imprisonment, was imposed on Cornish, who was allowed a fortnight in which pay.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21328, 1 November 1932, Page 14
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