Truth - Sunday, June 2, 1895
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A Useful Invention.
The betting published in the "Star" about the Oscar Wilde case turns out to be wrong. The sheet mentioned quoted the odds on Wilde's conviction at 5 to 2 on, but a private cable from London to our old friend, Abbey Dabby, says, that 11 to 10 was freely taken two minutes before the Judge gave his verdict. The "Star's" cable man must have been in with the starting price books, and he "pinched the prices" with a vengeance. A man having a fiver on both ways, that is, a fiver on conviction, and a fiver on twelve hard or over, would be entitled to receive about £6 10s, but taking the "Star's" quotation he would only get £3 13s 6d. TRUTH calls attention to this error because of so much money at starting price depending on the result in Australia.