“SPORTSMEN’S” ASSOCIATION.
SECRETARY RETIRES, By Telegraph—Press Association. „ WELLINGTON, Julv 21 On March 11 last, Carl Petei sen Lindegreeii was convicted and fined £IOO by Mr E. Page, S.M., on a charge | or• assisting Alfred George Clements, j in keeping a common gaming house at Nelson. Three other charges of assisting Clements to make a bet on a’horse j race at tote odds, printing documents | containing statements as to dividends t paid on totalisgtor investments, and publishing documents of a like character, were adjourned, pending Mr. Page’s return from England. Yesterday Lindegreeii pleaded guilty to these adjourned charges, before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M. Chief Detective Kemp explained that Lindegreeii had called on him, stating that lie had relinquished the position as organising secretary of the Dominion Sportsmen’s Association, and was going to Christchurch to enter business. Defendant sjnid ho did not want these charges hanging over him, like a sword of Damocles, and said he would plead guilty. Under the circumstances, wo merely ask for conviction.”
“Very well,” said the Magistrate, “convicted and discharged on three charges.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 22 July 1925, Page 10
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