BOOKMAKER “BROKE”
INABILITY TO PAY FINE.. . (Pdr United Pr«ss Association.) Wellington, September 22. “I don’t want time to pay. I’ll go up,” said William Benjamin-Wilkinson, aged 34 years, who was convicted in the Police Court to-day and fined £2O for carrying on the business of a bookmaker. Default was fixed at three weeks imprisonment with hard labour. Detective-Sergeant Holmes said that the accused had been arrested at about 1.15 p.m. to-day. In his possession were found books with numerous betting entries. There were records of nine bets on races then being run at Avondale. In the accused’s possession was found the sum of £l4 6/5. It appeared that the accused had been betting for about six months. Records showed bets not exceeding £l. The accused had a wife and five children. He had not been previously before the- Court.
“‘I don’t know how in the world, Pin going to pay. I’m broke,” said the accused upon the fine being imposed.
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Southland Times, Issue 21195, 23 September 1930, Page 8
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