Rat in the ranks : bookies, police, pimps, perjury and thugs ... and the man who stood above it all / Alan Leek ; foreword by Ken Moroney AO APM.
Publication details: Newport, NSW : Big Sky Publishing, 2021.Description: 277 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781922488145 (paperback)
- Miller, Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- Miller, Constable Mendelssohn
- New South Wales. Royal Commission of Inquiry into Allegations Against the Police in Connection with the Suppression of Illicit Betting
- New South Wales. Royal Commission Off-Course Betting in New South Wales
- Gambling -- New South Wales -- 20th century
- Police corruption -- New South Wales -- Case studies
- Gambling and crime -- New South Wales -- Case studies
- Whistle blowers -- New South Wales
- Constables -- New South Wales
- Governmental investigations -- New South Wales -- Case studies
- Police -- Australia -- Biography
- Police corruption -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Social conditions
- Criminals -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Australia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Crime & criminology (Australia)
- 20th Century history (c 1914+) (Australia)
- 364.13230994 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 364.132 LEE | Available | 062977 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Australia was a grim place during the Great Depression. Betting was inexpensive entertainment for the masses, but outlawed, police were forced to pit themselves against their public who flouted the law. Mendelssohn Bartholdy Miller was a young officer called to this duty, but discovered a world of corruption. He was ostracised, shunned and considered a ''rat'' for refusing to take part. This is a story of one man's battle against the odds to hold to the truth he knew about police corruption in an era of SP betting suppression that led to three Royal Commissions that rocked the State. It is also a tale of opportunities seized by gangsters, murderers and thugs in an era where crime flourished.
