BOOKMAKER FINED
A charge of bookmaknig was .preferred against Thomas Butler, labourer, before Mr J. H. Luxford. S.M. at Auckland. Butler admitted that he had been operating a small doubles chart rutd laying io to 2s on any horses a*. a recent race i .ecting. He had been taking bets in a city hotel when accosted. "Did anyone win a double?” asked the magistrate. Accused; I don’t know: the police Look my book. Butler war fined £5.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 2 September 1942, Page 3
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