RACE TELEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1595, 12 November 1912, Page 5

RACE TELEGRAMS.

' ON BOOKMAKERS. * 4BT Tdeewpli —Fres» Association.! Blenheim, November 11. \ , 'At the Supremo Court, cases of fraud fen bookmakers were preferred against fcdmund, John Walsh, aged 34, and John iVernon Binley, aged 25. Accused were / .found guilty on all the counts. The Judge, in sentencing them, stressed the fact that they were of good character and had been locked np several times, lie also referred to the circumstances of tho breakdown of a formor trial, liie }ury s recommendation, also . weighed, oud he thought tho ends of justice would be served if the men were not sentenced a term of imprisonment. Tho proper courto '•under, tho circumstances would be to inflict a fine, and order them to pay costs by instalments. Each would be fined .£25, nnd imprisoned until tlio fine was paid, 'the*'term not to exceed three ,months,. iWalsh »as ordered to pay £20 coats, ai'd jjinley ,£lO costs. I'ivo weeks' time uos jiven'in which to pay fhe fine. This isihe case where Walsh,-'a/storey -: anan.isupplied Binley; a;,telegraph-opera- ■■■ 'tor-'-:with telegrams- addressed-to a Wel- '.' liigtoTi bookmaker space left for. the-name of the winning horse, : which . ..-Binley-filled in on 'receipt of .'the result of |the races- and forwardeof on:to. Wellington ''', aheat! of '.the: message ; giving the. result's' of /the races, which he, was able, to ido; as -Blenheim:'was -made -a /transmitting. eta-. ; tioii': between//Wanganoi. and, Wellington. iOn tho discovery, oi the fraud being prac- . 'tised.ißinley vasv'.at/once dismissed the fer7Jce.- : r/ J ::'..;;:v'vW;/v /'/-■: ..-•-.'.;.'. ■;/•;-./;-■