SUBSTANTIAL FINE
LOCAL BOOKMAKER IN COURT. SEVENTY-FIVE POUNDS PENALTY Before Messrs, CHL Christen- 1 sen and J.. King: J.P.S, James F Clarence Dempster-Rivett pleaded guilty iiu the Whakatane Court last Friday te a charge of utilising his premises as a common gaming, house.. Accused was fined £75.. }
Sergeant. FarrelL stated, that as a result of a police visit to accused's fruit shop earlier in; the. day, forms and other evidence: that: the place was used for betting purposes were discovered, and it was evident that betting had been, going: on, on- a small scale.. Accused was Mwellknown man. in: the. community and bore a very good, character.. If the term was permissable. he couM be described as an i'honest, bookmaker.*'
,In a statement, to the court, accused said, that he hadv hoped'L to. be. on a different footing after the sitting of the forthcoming; Commission; of investigation. It. was true that he carried on the business for some ©£ his friends.. Unfortunately the: visit by the police had occurred before the Commission, sat. and. he wouM take the consequences..
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 60, 8 April 1946, Page 5
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178SUBSTANTIAL FINE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 60, 8 April 1946, Page 5
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