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PROHIBITED MAN ON RACECOURSE Edgar Doherty blames a befogged mind, following an injury to his head, for his appearance on a racecourse recentT>. Doherty was charged at the Police Court this morning with trespassing on a racecourse, being a person forbidden to attend. Doherty, who did not appear, sent in a letter explaining that he was suffering from an injury to his head and drifted on to the racecourse without realising where he was going. Chief-Detective Hammond: I think I might say that all people who wander on to racecourses are a little wrong in the head. Doherty offered to take out a prohibition order and promised not to offend again. lie was fined £1 and costs. RODE STRAYING HORSE TRESPASSER’S NOVEL EXCUSE R. C. Harding, who is not supposed to enter a racecourse, jumped the fence to catch a straying horse at a recent meeting. This morning he pleaded guilty at the Police Court to trespassing on the racecourse. Chief-Detective Hammond mentioned that Harding was on probation for theft. According to Mr. D. Marchand, Harding had not realised that he was trespassing. He had jumped the fence and mounted a horse that was straying on the track, riding it to the saddling paddock. Harding was ordered to pay costs.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 519, 23 November 1928, Page 13
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213MIND A BLANK Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 519, 23 November 1928, Page 13
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