BOOKMAKERS IN COURT.
FINES AMOUNT TO THREE HUNDRED POUNDS.
Gisborne, 2Gth February. Before Mr. Levy, in the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court, to-day, Charles Croon, charged with street betting and publishing a double card, was convicted on five counts. Arthur Owen pleaded guilty to two charges of street betting. lhe Court said the costs could be treated lightly. A great deal of business that came before the Court was no doubt due to the illicit operations of men of the type of accused. On the first street betting charge Croon would be lined £IOO, and on each of the others £2O. On Hie charge of publishing double cards Croon would also be lined £2O on each. Owen was lined £IOO on the lirst and £2O on the second charge.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3005, 2 March 1926, Page 2
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127BOOKMAKERS IN COURT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3005, 2 March 1926, Page 2
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