A DARK HORSE.
AND A BLACK SHADOW. AMATEUR BOOKMAKER. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. PALMERSTON N., Oct. 20. At the Magistrate’s Court, when Arthur Chote was charged with carrying on the business of a bookmaker, Detective-Sergeant Quirke said there was no suggestion that defendant was a regular bookmaker. He was a bricklayer by trade. Defendant was a poor man, and the bookmaking charge arose out of betting transactions carried on in connection with a recent boxing contest at Palmerston North, and which brought the defendant under the Act.
Counsel for the defendant said that defendant conducted a boxing gymnasium and discovered a boxer who, he considered, was a “dark horse.” He had a bit on his chances. Others wanted to do the same, and defendant took their money, believing lie was simply acting as a stake-holder. Unfortunately he had been taking commissions which brought him under the Act. A fine of £*s and costs was imposed-
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 October 1924, Page 7
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154A DARK HORSE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 October 1924, Page 7
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