ROUND-UP OF BOOKMAKERS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18554, 29 April 1930, Page 5

ROUND-UP OF BOOKMAKERS.

WOMAN CONVICTED. By T«lofr»yh—Prein A*ioci*tWfl. WHANGAREI, April 28. Dorothy Davenport White w T as today fined £lO and costs on a charge of carrying on business as a bookmaker. The circumstances were unique. During Easter Saturday night, a constable on his rounds, noticing an open door, ; investigated, and discovered that an interior door, leading to White’s office, was also open. He saw betting charts, etc., on the table, so he got another constable to accompany him. They searched the table, cupboards, and drawers, and took away data. Later they informed White what they had done. She therefore admitted having taken bets on the Waikato races. Counsel for defendant held that the constables acted illegally in searching the premises without a warrant. The Magistrate said that if the con- j stables had done wrong no doubt the Department would deal with them. In any case White’s admission was sufficient to secure a conviction. A “PRIVATE” PHONE. By Telegraph— Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 28. Alfred Harold Griffiths (27), described as a bookmaker, admitted a gaminghouse charge in Court to-day. The prosecuting detective said that when detectives visited accused's premises at mid-day on Saturday they took charge of the telephone and received bets faster than they could write them down. Apparently this telephone was used exclusively for betting, as it was not listed on the ordinary exchange list. Defendant was fined £IOO or three months’ imprisonment. GOOD HAUL IN WELLINGTON. By Telegraph —Pres* Aamoc^tion. WELLINGTON. April 28. Fines totalling £575 were imposed by Mr E. Page. S.M., on four men who pleaded guilty to bookmaking. They were:— Harry Corner (38L barman, charged with using the private bar of the Carlton Hotel as a common gaming house. He was fined £SO. in default two months’ imprisonment. Robert Henry Jones, who had been previously convicted; fined £3OO. Ralph Ellis Thompson (50), also previously convicted; fined £2OO. Edward George Munns (50). was fined £25, in default two months’ imprisonment. In the case of Jones and Thompson the default was three and two month respectively. A fifth man. Stanley William Findlay (41), elected to be tried by a jury, and was remanded to May 7 on bail. BARMAN CAUGHT. By Telegraph—Prass Association. DUNEDIN. April 28. William George Lindsay, barman at the Prince of Wales Hotel, was caught red-handed on Easter Monday taking bets for a bookmaker unknown, and today he was fined £35. Betting material showed that defendant had taken 160 bets, totalling £142, receiving a small commission from the principal. The Magistrate said if there was a real Association, of which the Court heard on previous occasions, there should be no difficulty about the / payment of the fine