BOOKMAKERS FINED.
IS THE PENALTY SUFFICIENT?
(By Telegraph—Prat Anociation.) AUCKLAND, Last Night.
"A minimum fine of £2O does not seem to have any effect upon bookmakers at all," said Chief Detective MacMalion at the Police Court in a case against John Benjamin, who appeared on a charge of having made bets on the Takapuna racecourse on November 29th. "They still go on," he continued, "and men have to be employed to watch them." Mr Fraser S.M., said that the minimum fine of £2O was imposed upon the "small" men, the maximum was intended for "big" men.. "If the minimum penalty doea not have the effect intended," he added, '"it will have to be increased. In this case, however, where defendant , is earning, a. small wage, and has fanily responsibilities, it would be hard to single him out as a defendant on whom to start increasing the fine., and the minimum of £2O will be imposed. If the minimum does not stop bookmakers. betting, ft will have to be increased to £SO, or thereabouts." .
WELLINGTON, Last Night; In the Magistrate's Court to-day, Samuel Isaacs was fined £3O on a charge of betting on licensed premises, and £2O for publishing a betting card.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 December 1913, Page 3
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201BOOKMAKERS FINED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 December 1913, Page 3
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