His Blue Book

NZ Truth, Issue 1146, 17 November 1927, Page 1

His Blue Book

fLARENCE RUSSELL had a lit- i tie blue -book,':-, m which he kept a number of entries — records of racehorses fancied ■ for- their fleetness of foot by various Auckland punters. r Russell was on the job bright and early. the other morning m Queen .Street, : adding more; names of plungers and their respective choices '.to his list. 'In his keenness lfor business, he failed to dis- | ; criniinate between a "safe" bet and a policeman. ..{•' ; . '■'■■' ■ Shortly afterwards his little blue book was m the hands of Chief Detective Cummings and Russell vyas pleading . guilty to Magistrate McKean on a charge of taking bets. '^Defendant's position is financially strong," 1 remarketl the chief detective, after reading from , the pages of the little: blue; book, i "Times are Very hard," lamented the defendant. . .' ■ "As you have 'not aggravated th* offenoe by denying jt/.l- willimake; the fine half the maximum* You wilt b« fined £50," said th« f^M. i