THREE PALMERSTON BOOKMAKERS.
PINED £IOO EACH. .MAC! 1 S'l'IiATK SAYS TOO .ML'Oil RACING. Palmerston, To-day. •lames Leonard Purves, Frank Dean and Charles Joseph Williams were each lined (lie maximum amount of £1.0(1 for betting. When Pum's pleaded guilty Senior- Detective Quirke stated tha I accused was a substantial bookmaker and had been convicted previously. Mr. J. \j. Stout, S.M.: I see the irotlin”' elubs are objecting to these people although it might he better for New Zealand if some of the trotting and racing clubs were closed up. These men would then have less chance of doing business. There certainly seems to be too much racing in New Zealand at the present' time.
A fine of £IOO was imposed with :f - costs.
Eranlc Dean pleaded guilty also,
Senior-Detective Quirke stated that accused was doing a good business and bad also 'been convicted iwo or three years ago. He ashed lor the maximum penalty which his Worship imposed.
Williams was also described as “a substantial bookmaker and pretty active in liis illegal calling.” He was before the Court last year. Detective Quirke asked for the maximum penalty. “It is only a license fee,” he added. Maximum penally imposed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4479, 17 July 1930, Page 2
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197THREE PALMERSTON BOOKMAKERS. Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4479, 17 July 1930, Page 2
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