A GAMBLING CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 5

A GAMBLING CASE.

"THIS AND THE NEXT." »jr T«lijmyk-PrMs AmmMta ' Wellington, Lait NigM, • A good deal of time was occupied ia the Magistrate's Court to-day in dealing with an alleged breach of the Gami»f Act William Scott and Henry Martindale were charged with having pul»- • lished a document which contained a notification on behalf of certain pe»sons as to betting on horse races to ha run at Trentham. Chief Detective Broberg prosecuted, and Sir John Findlay conducted the defence. Detective Ward, of Dunedin, deposed to receiving an envelope through to* post which contained papers commonly known as "double charts." The envelope bore the post mark of Wellington, and from its appearance it had been' sent to some person who had readdressed it on to witness. Cross-examined by Sir John Findlay, witness said that apparently the'letter had' not been opened by the person to whom it had been originally addressed. It was sent to witness obviously because he was a police officer and a detective. Detective Hammond said that he knew defendants, who were bookmakers .' Bookmakers throughout New Zealand adopted alphabetical signs for their' betting charts, and the sign "A.8.C." on the charts produced was adopted by defendants some years ago. To Sir John Findlay: Defendants were reputable bookmakers. Personally he knew of no other bookmakers 'who-* adopted the sign "A.8.C." Sir John Findlay submitted that the information should be dismissed. Vital elements in a case of the present description were, firstly, that there must be a notification as to betting, and secondly the notification must be on behalf of some persons, and thirdly, there must be publication. Defendants did not publish the charts, and it was not-likely that the publication was «oi B ff to be mad« to a public officer Decision was reserved by the masis* trate, Mr. W. G. Riddell.