FINE OF £5O

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23817, 19 November 1940, Page 9

FINE OF £SO

BOOKMAKING ADMITTED COMMENTS BY MAGISTRATE [by telega am —OWN correspondent] TE AROIIA, Monday "I know it is useless warning these men —they know they are running a risk and must take the consequences." said Mr. W. H. Freeman, S.M., in the Te Aroha Police Court when Anthony Nikolich pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying on business as a bookmaker. Senior-Sergeant McHugli said that when accused was arrested he was found to be in possession of the usual betting material. Detalis of betting transactions were given. The senior sergeant said that accused was in the habit of making systematic calls at billiard rooms, hotels and business houses. It was suggested that accused was an age;:it onlj' and was really only "small fry.'' . The Magistrate: Small fry or a big frv, I suppose if his business is big enough to warrant a car it must be fairly extensive. The material in his possession lvhen arrested proves that anyway. . . "This sort of thing is rife all over the country," said the magistrate. "This man has been warned b.'v the police, but was prepared to take the risk of being caught. ' _ A fine of £SO was imposed. i lie magistrate remarked ■early in the .case that a fine on an agent was usually only a fine on the principal.