SUPREME COURT.
ALLEGED TAMPERING WITH TELEGRAMS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Blenheim, Last Night. In the Supreme Court the cases against Edmund John Walsh and John Vernon Binley of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers by means of tampered telegrams, Binley being a telegraph operator, occupied the whole day and evening yesterday. This case was held over from last sessions, owing'to the foreman of the jurp visiting accused at the gaol after the Court rose. David Ross, of Ross and Bradshaw, describing himself as a commission agent, was called, but the Crown Prosecutor had difficulty in getting him to answer questions. The Judge said: "I know what is in your mind. You need have no uneasiness. Six months have elapsed. You need not be afraid of information being laid against you now. You can answer quite freely." Thereafter witness answered freely as to the betting transactions hia firm had with Walsh, explaining the methods and code telegrams. Henry Martindale, of Scott and Martindale, another commission agent, similarly reassured that there was no fear of prosecution under the Gaming Act, also freely gave evidence. The case is not finished.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 148, 9 November 1912, Page 5
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184SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 148, 9 November 1912, Page 5
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