BOOKMAKER FINED
case tn:VLJE;v'in- cburt Chargcd with ' carrying ' on the business of a bookmaker, Donald Lce^ lorry driver of Shannon, pleaded guilty iivthe Magistrate's Court, Levin, ycstcfday, and . was fined £25 DefendaJit had been operating for the past 12 months, said Sergeant Graiugcr. He did not use a tclephone for these activities, which were niainly confined to the weekends. Wiien accosted by Detective Sergeant Long, coming 'out of tlie bar of a hotcl iji Shannon shortly after 5 p.m. on November 29, he had. taken oniy oue bet. The higli\st. stun lie had made in one week was £100 and thn lowest £30. He was a first offender. Appearing for the defendant, Mr. J. Todd described him as a new hand at the game, who had onlv been operating in a small wa*/. "He calls himself a street bookmaker," said Mr. Todd- He was a married. man with four children and was in permanent employment. "He would not rio this sort of llimg if he did not flnd it profitable," said the inagistrate, Mr. A. M. Goulding, when imposing the fine. .
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 December 1946, Page 3
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181BOOKMAKER FINED Chronicle (Levin), 7 December 1946, Page 3
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