BETTING TRANSACTIONS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 401, 7 April 1937, Page 6

BETTING TRANSACTIONS

MAGISTERIAL RULING. Case at Dunedin. Press Association Dunedin. Last A Magisterial roling that all wagering transactions are illegal by Act of F rliament and hat it is an abuse of th° Court to try to recover an amount by legal proceedings, was given in the Magistrates Cor • to-day by Mr. J. R. Bartholomew. Tne point rose from a cla'm by Da .d Chin, who sought to recover from Chai les Henry Paul the sum if £!_' n count between. the plaintiff and the defendant on February 12, 1937. In 'evidence, Paul said that. Chip asked him to ya “tru’ ie” tor him during Cun Week on Wild Chase, Paper Slipper and Con< rt Pitch. Wii ness arranged ’’ bet with two bookmakers, but at Concert Ditch had been ec atched Enwood was fi\ed as the thici horse. After the ”ace it was claimed by Chin that the third horse was Linguist, which hrd won, and a demand for hte amount involved “ as made. Pa . Said he o: ly obliged ■ e Chinese by putting the mon y on Tor him. He was not a bookmaker, but ho admitted having been convicted of laying totalis?tor odds. He disputed plaintiff’s word regarding the third hor®'' of the treble. The Magistrate held that the wagering transactions wore illegal by Act of 'Parliament. That was how the Co ’rt regarded the matte It was an abuse of the 'Court to try to re?over the amount. Judgment was given for the defendant with solicitor’s fees £6/5. .