A BETTING CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 11 February 1914, Page 4

A BETTING CASE.

run Ij.EUE of wjtxhssen;-'^^*' By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At tin- .Magistrate'* Court, to-day, the case ajjiiin.it Henry Martindale was continued, lie was charged with having published at Wellington, on December 3, a Uoeiimeiit containing « notification, on behalf of Scott and Martindale, ** to betting on tile liorse races to be run at Auckland on December 20.

Evidence was given by postal and bank clerk- as to telegrams and clu'iiuo-, which had been sent to one'!), Porter, whose wife stated that she had telegraphed to Scott and Martindale in her husband'- name to alter hi* address. Shi: had received a letter from Scott and .Martindale, addressed to her husband, and containing a cheque and 4 betting list. David Porter, hu-baud of the hint witness, refused to answer n question by Oriel' Detective P.roberg as to whether he had before December received betting cards from Scott and Martindalv.

The ca-c was adjourned till the afternoon, when counsel appeared for wit-nc-s. j|i, AVor»liiji. he said would be asked to infer that there had been it bet made between the witness and defendant, and, he contended, therefore, that witness would be in jeopardy if he was asked to give evidence on the sub',icct. as belting on a horse race was prohibited by section ~rl of the Gaming Act.

Magistrate Burton ruled that the witness must answer the (piestion, Porter declined, and the' Magistrate said that it only remained to make an order for defendant's committal. This, however, was suspended in order to enable counsel for witness to tewt the ruling of lln. Court.

Tin- M-itnc-s Porter at a later st«i>« decided In an-wer the questions. He admitted having received the .-harts prior (o Di'crnili-r |. l m t did not know . from whom. The m-igisl rato thon ««o celled the order for committal. Alter further evidence tlie magistrate reserved hi* decision in the ea-o against Martindale. V =