BOOKMAKER'S AGENT
WOMAN CONVICTED CIS FINK IMPOSED Statin;; thai when business conditions were bad she was. approached by a Napier bookmaker to act as his agent in taking bet;; cm a basis of 2s ill the pound, a married woman, Winifred Rollings, pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court at Hastings to a charge of carrying on business in Hasting. l ; as a bookmaker. Detective-Sergeant L. Revell said Detective Campin and himself visited defendant's shop in Russell street and she admitted she had been acting as agent for a Napier bookmaker. The detective admitted that the evidence showed that defendant bad been carrying on in a small way. Mr. Averill, for the defence, said Ilollings had not looked for business, it had come to her in a small way. She did not realise that as agent she was liable as a bookmaker. When questioned bv the police she admitted all the facts. Mr. J. Miller. S.M., said the court could not treat the case lightly. The penalty was for a line up to £SOO. Under the circumstances he made the fine £ls, with 10s costs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19378, 16 July 1937, Page 10
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184BOOKMAKER'S AGENT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19378, 16 July 1937, Page 10
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