CLIENT OF WHITTA?

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 55, 27 May 1927, Page 1

CLIENT OF WHITTA?

trial by supreme court BOOKMAKERS’ METHODS strange telegraphic code % (Special to TUB SUN.') CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. tJiU® were sev eral Interesting- feaof e \V)ir >out tlle Prosecution to-day Kitson. of Wellington, ° f being a client of Alfred Whitta, who was convicted of in pi I . on a bookmaking business Christcfiurch last March. „„f. or tbe first time since the proseth. i 1 Whitta s clients was started. .i, O defendant elected to be tried in Supreme Court. fait c °aiment was made upon the ♦: * that telegrams relating to betthrouKh the telegraph office. Onva counsel suggested that the government was prosecuting bookclients in an attempt to protect the totalisator. horT r u E- • D ' Mosley, S.M., was on the A, r nc “. at the Police Court to-day. ami PT OWn appeared for the Crown, TYn.i kitson was represented by Air. (Wellington). sf»v,f« ecti X e ' Sers ‘ eant Young produced earn 11 *° de telegrams, and a letter"Aj ~° m Kitson addressed to Tv. Whitta’s telegraphic address, niiio»» rea<^: "Roy Mandane Licifor ft Roy " being the code word 5 ‘ In another telegram the in L W *v rd “ p ercy” stood for £4, and the 5°J her word “Mark” for £2. All n ? T bets were booked s - p°lan (to the detective * iave you any personal with i! Ce on t^e Question of betting tor? bookma kers or on the totalisaSergeant: I have totau' bookmakers and on the DrW * at ° r myself—-the bookmakers r *° 1910, of course, oniro Ve you ever expressed the that ??' eit,ler in Public or in private. 0 # the totalisator would be the ruin tk col, ntry ? never etect * ve " Sergeant: Me? No,

thal r ’ ® rown asked the reason for mese questions. thprX' Dolan said that he was asking jn on a question of prejudice, fair?® Magistrate: You are going v»nf 1 must rule them irrele£l lf r> Mr - Brown objects, ma J? * r °w n did object, and the F«t Strate ruled accordingly. enroll 8 ?? Pleaded not guilty, and was t r iai mit J> ed to the Supreme Court for £ ln l Bail was allowed in the sum of and one surety of £IOO.