WEALTH BEYOND DREAMS.
NOVEL SCHEME IN TURF SWINDLE. MERCHANT RECOVERS £15,000. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 12, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 11. In the King’s Bench Division of the High Court, Archibald Wall, a wealthy merchant, sued William Charles Warren. a bookmaker, for £15,000. Wall gave evidence that he met Warren in the Berkeley Hotel, and Warren let Wall into the secret of a horseracing scheme which was to bring in money beyond the dreams of avarice. The system wan to choose a horse at long odds, and then Warren and his wealthy partners would combine to shorten the odds, and finally lay against odds. Thus they could not lose and might win. Wall, who had never gambled before, gave cheques for £5OOO to back Bruce Lodge in the Derby, and £lO,OOO to back Happy Man in the Newbury Cup. Both horses were scratched. The jury found for plaintiff damages for £15,000. Warren said he had been born in New Zealand and lived in Australia for many Tears. He denied that he was convicted in Australia in IfllO under the name of William Warren.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1921, Page 5
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186WEALTH BEYOND DREAMS. Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1921, Page 5
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