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TW.O MEN FINED £2O EACH. ' At Hip Auckland Police Co.utrt on Monday, before Mr. C. ,C, Kettle,. S-.M., Daniel George Saunders, a cabinetmaker, of Waihi,, was) charged with betting on horse traces by laying total isa tor odds. Mr Rood, who appeared for the accused,, said lira ‘client pleaded guilty, Saunders had. made the beta [at Waihi, I-Ie was not a bookmaker and liad only made .the bets for amusement. .There was a strong isusfrdcion that iibo tele "rams were ante-dated, and sent afte/r the race. His client, jvho bail lost heavily, had' now; given up betting altogether, j Ilio 4 asked the Bench to take those points into consideration. Mr Mays-, who appeared for the prosecution, said that investigations had been made in respect to the allegation, that the telegrams had been sent after the race, but they found that the dates and times wore correct, and that there was no truth; Whatever ‘in) the suggestion, that ■wrong .times had been ‘put on fbho telegrams. A hne of £2O and costs was imposed, and a like sum in the case of Frank Farrell, a Thames bookmaker (who did not appear). ■A fortnight’s adjournment was allowed in tiro cases against Melton It. Quick (Hamilton), James Beckett (Auckland), and Barnett and Grant ( Christchurch))'.!
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1464, 26 May 1905, Page 4
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214TOTALISATOR ODDS. Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1464, 26 May 1905, Page 4
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