BOOKMAKER FINED £ls
PROSECUTION AT CAMBRIDGE [from OUIt own correspondent] CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday Charged with carrying on the business of n bookmaker in Cambridge, Francis Vernon Higgins, appeared in the Magistrate's Court before Mr. S. L. Patcrson, ' S.M., yesterday. He pleaded guilty. Detective J. Thompson stated that he interviewed Higgins on January 1, when he admitted that he had been bookmaking for the past twelve months. In a statement made to the police, Higgins said his activities wore mainly confined to a billiard room, and he was working on commission. Accused was convicted and fined £ls and costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22935, 13 January 1938, Page 16
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