STILL ANOTHER

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 9, 1 April 1927, Page 13

STILL ANOTHER

A* following appeared in our last edition yesterday.

BIG BOOKMAKER FINED

HENRY MARTINDALE TO PAY £l2O

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright _ -h 1. «W- , ~ WELLINGTON, To-day. Described by the Chief Detective as one of the biggest bookmakers m the Dominion, Henry Martindale, brother of John Martindale, dealt with the other day, pleaded o-uiltv before Mr. E. Page SdVI on six charges of betting at tote odds, and was fined £l2O. s

Tiie chief Detective said that deendant was a member of a Wellingbookmaking firm having one rinch of its activities at the Mew • .mmercial Hotel. This work usually a 3 carried on by defendant's brother. . , while the latter was away on inreh It defendant attended to the Ltoiess. When the brother was ar--ested a settling book was found on Ijm showing that large sums had been aid out to various clients. •Defendant is a married man with family, and has borne a good char-

acter," sa id Mr. O'Leary. “He has Sf,vX‘°u- Sly keen before the court for publishing betting charts. This was 13 years ago.” He argued that there was no difference between the big and small men. If any harm is done by tne big men. then just as much is done by the small men who bet with people who probably could not afford to. Mr. Page decided to impose the maximum penalty of £2O on each charge. Mr. O Leary said that the money would be paid at once.