TICKETS ON THE “TOTE.”
A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE. Auckland, June 11. Very few people indeed know that it is an offence punishable by a fine of £2O or imprisonment to take money from a person to put on the totalisator at race meetings. Charles William Bruce appeared in the Magistrate’s Court to-day, when he pleaded guilty to the following charge: “Not being an authorised agent of a racing club licensed to use the totalisator, he did unlawfully act as agent for Amplias Daniels in connection with a 10s. ticket on a horse in the Hauraki Plains Handicap.” Senior-Detective Hammond stated that while at the Takapuna races Bruce undertook to invest money for a woman and was given 10s. to put on a certain horse. The horse won, and it was alleged that accused gave the woman a dud ticket. Accused’s actions, alleged Mr. Hammond, were not only in contravention of the law, but were dishonest and really amounted to theft, Bruce explained that he got the ticket from another man and handed it over to the woman thinking that it was quite all right. “It was a mean thing to do,” said the Magistrate in inflicting a line of £lO and costs 11s., or 14 day’s imprisonment.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3048, 15 June 1926, Page 1
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206TICKETS ON THE “TOTE.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3048, 15 June 1926, Page 1
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