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BETTING IN HOTEL
TWO MEN FINED
William Armanasco (24), clerk, and Ernest Cuffe (24), labourer, were each fined £5, with 4/6 costs, at the Fremantle Police Court yesterday on a charge of having used the National Hotel, Fremantle, as a place for betting on July 25. Mr. H.J. Craig, S.M., was on the Bench. Mr. C. Greif pleaded not guilty on behalf of the accused, and Sergeant Nisbet prosecuted.
Constable Douglas, stationed at Perth, said that at 2.30 p.m. on the date in question he went to the National Hotel, Fremantle. He saw the two accused outside. Armanasco received money from a number of men, while Cuffe was holding a book. At 4.10 p.m. they entered the front bar of the hotel and witness followed. He heard the names of a number of horses mentioned and finally a man mentioned the na
