“EASY MONEY”
A HORSE-RACING SCHEME
HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST A BOOKMAKER (By Telegraph-Press Assaoiation-Oopyrlght (Rec. February 12, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 11. In the King’s Bench Division of the High Court, Archibald Wall, a wealthy merchant, sued William Charles Warren, a bookmaker, for £15,000. Wall gave evidence that ho met Warren in the Berkeley Hotel. Warren let Wall into the secret of a horseracing scheme which was to bring in money beyond the dreams of avarice. The system was to choose a horse at long odds; then Warren and his wealthy partners would combine to shorten the odds, and finally lay against tl>« odds. Thus they could not lose and might win. Wall, who never gambled 'before, gave cheques for <£sooo to back Bruce Lodge in the Derby, and for £lO.OOO to back Happy Mau in the Newbury Cup. Both horses were scratched. Ihe* jury found for plaintiff find awarded him £15,000 damages. _ ■ Warren said he was born in New Zealand and lived in Australia for many years. lie denied that he was convicted in Australia in 1910 under the name of William Warren.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 120, 14 February 1921, Page 5
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