A RACE-CARD CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 149, 20 December 1911, Page 5

A RACE-CARD CASE.

APPEAL UPHELD. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. At the Supreme Court Mr. Justice Denmston delivered judgment in the case of Alexander WiMey (Mr. Cassidy) v. Gibson (Mr. Stringer), an appeal from the decision of Mr. H. W. Bishop, Stipendiary Magistrate, under the Gaming Act of 1808. The appellant had been convicted of* breach of sectisn 30, subsection 1, of the Act, on a. charge ol having printed a document containing a notification as to betting on 'horße racing in New Zealand. It was proved that the appellant had printed what was generally known as a race card," which contained certain .betting information, being the names of the horses engaged in certain forthcoming races, and the odds offered against the horses. lb did not contain any name 'of any person in connection with such ibetting. Wiley had been fined £lO and costs. His Honor, in giving judgment, said he agreed with Mr. Justice Sim in Barnett v. Bishop, in which it was decided that the section should be read as prohibiting the printing or publication of any document containing any advertisement or notification that any person, club or association, named or indicated therein, was ready to make bets on any horse race. Therefore, as this document did not comply with such requirements, he allowed the appeal.