£1000 A WEEK.

Shannon News, 19 February 1929, Page 2

£IOOO A WEEK.

SUGAR AND GLUCOSE. EX-SERGEANT’S PROFITS FROM WEMBLEY BOCK. (“Sun’l Special). LONDON, February 1:\ As much as £IOOO a week ,made by one firm by selling “Wembley Rock,’’ a confectiofl, at the Wefiiblev Exhibition, according to Mrs Francis Coakley, a witness for the defence: in the Goddard bribery case at the Old* Baileyi - The rock was made from sugar and glucose, costing twopence, and wav retailed at a shilling. Twenty-five tons would realise a profit of £BSOO it was pointed out. Mr Justice Avory:-Wembley visitors must have been in a sticky condition. This evidence was forthcoming today, when the hearing was continued of the charge against ex-police sergeant, George Goddard, of receiving bribes, and against. Mrs Kate f rick, the so-called “Night Club Queen,’’ and Luigi Ribuffi, a restaurant keeper, of giving bribes. Goddard, cross-examined!, explained that, when the police .inquiry started, he took another safe deposit because he knew that he had been guilty of the disciplinary offences of betting and speculating. He explained that the absence of records of his investments was due to engaging in business contrary to the regulations, because he had not showed the results on a special return. Consequently, he wished to prevent the authorities from discovering what he had been doing.

He added that he had bet with two street bookmakers after he had arrested them.

He said, concerning his investments with the song publisher, Silberman, that he did not see the books. Silbermaa’s mistress, a Frenchwoman named Madame Ahier, was interested in night clubs, one of which was raided. Goddard, however, denied warning Ahier, explaining that when he said he was going to ring up “Madame,” he meant his wife.

Goddard admitted acting as informant to Dominic, who had been convicted of keeping a gaming-house, after he had been removed from duty. \ William Chandler, ja bookmaker, replying to Mr Justice Avory, said that a record of Goddard’s winning transactions did not exist, as the firm's books were destroyed in 1926 when he out of business.

Fracis Coakley, a confectioner, gave evidence that Goddard suggested selling “Wembley Rock;" They-took five stalls under assumed names, because they were* only supposed to have two stalls. Coakley -shared the profits with Goddard. CLAIMS £2500. Coakley said that no agreement with , Goddard existed. He kept the banking accounts, 1 but paid Godard's shgre of the profits in cash. Silberman confirmed Goddard’s evidence of his song-publishing profits, but the accounts did not mention Goddard's name,. as Godardrequest. He had not asked for receipts because it was'a friendly arrangement.. He was a musician, not a business man. He hoped to recover £2sbo, which was found ,in Goddard’s, safe, and .which he claimed as his. ■

Silberman’s brother, Max, who came from Paris, gave evidence that Goddard made £3OOO speculating in francs, but of which there was no record. Ribuffi, giving evidence in self-de-fence, said that his. notes, found in Goddard’s safe, might have passed through Dominic's hands. He often lost large sums gambling with Dominic, and paid him in notes. The hearing was adjourned. >