DUTCH TO MAGISTRATE
BETTING LANGUAGE MAN WHO TOOK A DOUBLE (Special to THE SUN) NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. “If this is a gambling debt it can’t be recovered,” was the ruling of Mr. R. W. Tate, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court in Waitara to-day, when a seaman, William James Jones, sought to recover £33 3s 6d from Ernest Alexander Johnston, tobacconist, of Stratford, and Thomas Norman Taylor, labourer, of Waitara. The statement of claim set out that £33 3s 6d was claimed upon “an account stated” between plaintiff and defendants. Plaintiff said he had done some business with Taylor. Johnston offered £l7 6s 6d in full settlement, and witness refused to take it, because the amount owing was greater.
The following week Johnston posted him a cheque for £l7 6s 6d, and he also received a slip showing a contra account for £33 3s 6d, which Johnston had taken off and of which witness knew nothing. The Magistrate: What’s this—l Kilmiss; Ivilmezzo 51? What language is this? Plaintiff: They are two horses. The Magistrate: Is this purchase money? Plaintiff: I took a double in Auckland. The Magistrate: With defendants?— Yes. The Magistrate: You mean to say that this is a bookmaking action. How do you expect to recover on that? The claim was dismissed and defendants were allowed £4 3s costs.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 590, 16 February 1929, Page 9
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220DUTCH TO MAGISTRATE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 590, 16 February 1929, Page 9
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