MYSTERIOUS WEALTH
MENTAL HOSPITAL INMATE BETTING WITH OTHER PATIENTS Betting among inmates of the City Mental Hospital, Coxlodge, Newcastle, was revealed recently when, on the death of the "bookmaker," investors asked the superintendent for their money back 011 a non-run nor. Officials had been mystified by the discovery of £3S among the effects of the patient, which were examined following his death. After other patients had approached the superintendent inquiries were made, and the extent of quite a flourishing bookmaking business was revealed. Some time ago an attendant was dismissed for making a book with inmates. But the committee did not suspect that the business had been taken over by a patient. "And inmates are supposed not to be in possession of all their faculties," commented a member of the committee when informed of the discovery. The £3B is to be spent on games for the patients' amusement.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22155, 8 July 1935, Page 6
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