The Slattery Case.
TYSON'S MONEY CURSEI) HIM. SYDNEY, April 3. Slattcry, in his statement, said that from tho first moment he touched tho Tyson money it seemed to have cursed hiin, «s he nover had any luck since. He appealed to the .Judge in kindness to give him the ..Ml sentence. He was strong and .jl' \ brave enough to bear it- — ■ Ijj posting sentence Justice Pring "* said he regarded Horse-racing and haHimr ns one of the most cursed
betting as one oi u.v /- •vices in the community, and it was responsible for more crime than any 6iher vice. He hoped one result of this case would be to send such a shock throughout the community that the vice would die out. If it 'did not he did not know what we were coming to, as in Australia it sapping the life of the country.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 790, 5 April 1905, Page 3
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144The Slattery Case. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 790, 5 April 1905, Page 3
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