MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1597, 14 November 1912, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

: (Before Mr. W. G. Kiddell, S.M.) ' BETTING AT THENTHAM. \ ANOTHEK BOOKMAKEE PINED. Arohibald Boyd was charged with, being a bookmaker, having betted at tho Tr«ithimi racecourse on October 28.' 'I'he evidence given , by Detective-Ser-geant Chssells,. Constable Smyth, • Constable M'Lelland, Racecourse-Detective Waldrou, and Eacccourse-Detective Kreitzer was somewhat similar to that given by them oh the previous day in the case in which Thomas Dalton was convicted on a like charge and fined J225.. The point of the evidence was that Daltpn had been taking tho bete, and Boyd had been booking them, and that the two had been acting together. B6yd gave evidence to the effect that he had not made any bets, and that he had not received any : .payinent from DaltonWitness was handed the race-book, in which it was suggested ho had been niakingiehtries. ' ' Can you-'explainthosa entries?" asked Sheehan. ■ Boyd: Yes; explain anything. W,oll, -what/'is your • explanation P—lt looks; as if I have been working them out on .j;he Chinese system. • Are you in ..tho. habit of .doing that?— Yes';jl aJnWcry superstitious. That is your explanation?— Yes, Mr. W. Perry, counsel for defendant Boyd, in addressing the Court, contended that no evidence had been tendered to show that-Boyd had bsen making bets. Sub-Inspector Sheohan sought to establish that "bookmaker," in respect of this charge, "included bookmaker's clerk." Boyd was convicted, and fined .£2O, the minimum penalty. Mr. Perry applied for leave to appeal and this was granted on payment of the fine, plus' .£8 Bs. TWO STOWAWAYS. William Bailey and Thomas ■ O'Hara were acoused of having travelled from Sydney to Wellington without having paid the fare. Mr. E. 31. Sladden appeared for Bailey, and said that that defendant was a Wellington man, who had signed on with a steamer which was going to San Francisco and back. Bailey had been returned to Sydney, although lie had all along been under the impression that he would be brought back to Wellington. Each defendant was fined £i 4s. (tho amount of tho faro)—in default, fourteen days' imprisonment. Bailey was allowed 48 hours' time, in which to pay the fine. INSOBRIETY. For insobriety, Michael Gregory was fined .£l. BOOKSELLER'S CLAIM. (Before Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M.) Dr. M'Arthur, S.H., hi his civil jurisdiction, delivered judgment in the cuss of G. I;. Cole, bookseller, Cartcrton, against Whitcombo and Tombs, Wellington, in which plaintiff claimed X 26 55., as damages for 300 boxes of hand-made writing-, paper which, it was said, the defendants had agreed to forward to the plaintiff, but had not done so. His Worship gave judgment in favour of the plaintiff for with costs.