WOMAN “BOOKIE.”
AT AUCKLAND. TROTS. (By Telegraph—Press Association). AUCKLAND, ,Oct. 29. “It was great impudence on her part. Evidently this woman thought she could lay wagers in front of the totalisator at the trots at Epsom yesterday,” said Chief Detective Hammond at the Police Court to-day when a married woman, Alice Irvine, admitted that she had laid totalisator odds on the Junction Handicap. Detective Hammqnd added that the accused lived with her husband at Ponsonby She was present at Alexandra Park on Saturday, making wagers. Yesterday she was there again doing silver betting, and while so engaged, sue was caught by two detectives. “The worst feature about this case is that her 'little girl w«o doing the pencilling for her.” said the Chief Detective. “Her husband was also* at the trots with her.” A fine of £o was imposed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1929, Page 3
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139WOMAN “BOOKIE.” Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1929, Page 3
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