A "BOOKIE" PROSECUTED

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 170, 27 October 1910, Page 8

A "BOOKIE" PROSECUTED

ALLEGED '• WELSHING lIOW IT WAS WORKED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At the Magistrate's Court to-day Victor McDufl'. alias Robert Walter Watson, a bookmaker, was charged with committing the theft on tile Trentham racecourse on Saturday of £1 from J. Marshall, £1 from J. North, £2 from George Murphy, and £2 from Richard Ryan: and with using obscene language. The evidence showed that the accused made bets in respect to Danube, the. winner of the Champion Stakes, but refused to accept the tickets when presented for payment. One witness stated that after betting, MrDufT signalled to a man behind the fence, at the same time putting a bundle of notes into his pocket. He then backed airainst the fence and said I to the other man, "Take it out of my pocket." The other took the notes. •'Then." said the witness. ''l thought my money was gone."' A bookmaker's bag was produced in Court. This had a false, front attached, and inscribed, ''Bob Watson (Tatts)." Under the false front was the following inscription: " Victor ■MeDuff, Auckland." Decision wa3 reserved till Saturday. On the charge .of obscene language a fine of £3, with 10s costs, was inflicted, in default 14 days' imprisonment.