BOOKMAKER CAUGHT.
FINE OF £25 IMPOSED. (Per United Tbess Association * . , AUCKLAND, May 4. - Aubrey Field Billing, aged 49, was arrested by detectives at his office this morning and subsequently appeared at the Police Court, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of using his premises as a common gaming house. Chief-detective Hammond said that Billing had formerly worked for a bi* bookmaker, who suddenly left the Do° maker's b ÜBed P ost thTbJokPhS / f b °? kS eV ,? ry m S ht " added the Chief-detective, “and I BUp p OS(3 he thought it was easy to make money by Z T l ym l °," , h . im3elf for he knew the bookmaker’s clientele. “He is liable to a fine of £100,” said the magistrate, in fining Billing £25, or two months imprisonment.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20709, 6 May 1929, Page 8
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