BOOKMAKING CHARGE
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE ISOLATED BETS NOT ENOUGH. [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, Jan. 16. Holding that there must be evidence of more than one or two isolated bets to establish an offence of bookmaking, Mr. W. K. McKean, S.M., in the Police Court, dismissed a summons charge brought against a miner, Willi im George Bloomfield. “On the evidence before me I am satisfied that defendant accepted from a constable a bet of 5s on Sandy Dix, which paid £3 45,” said the magistrate. “Decisions show that there must be more than isolated nets. Even two or three Lets are not sufficient to establish the offence of carrying on the business of a bookmaker. Tnyre has been some evidence that a Maori and another man paid some money to defendant, but I am not entitled to infer. It has got to bo proved. There might be a suspicion, but I cannot convict on the evidence before me. It is not sufficient to show that he was carrying on the business of a bookmaker. The charge is therefore cismissed. ’ 1
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 14, 17 January 1936, Page 9
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178BOOKMAKING CHARGE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 14, 17 January 1936, Page 9
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