AN INTERESTING CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1918, Page 5

AN INTERESTING CASE.

LATE INVESTMENTS ON A v , - . £ '! l'y Telegraph.—Press Association. Christclmrcli, Last Night.' A cane of considerable interest «• heard at the Magistrate's Court to-day-The defendant was \V. II- K. Wankjy#, secretary' of the Canterbury J.C., anft the charges were: (1) That on Novel#" '' be:- 10, IUI7, nt Iticcarton, being ajl oil leer of the Canterbury J.C., he di|t unlawfully an investment, to w!|» the sum ol £2O, to be received oil tlljt Malisator in respect of a certain liors#, name Ca«t Iron, in a certain race, namely the M'ddlc Hurdle Handicap, after the time not' •■• I by the <uud J-C. for tW» starting of the said race; (2) that lip did take into account in the calculation ' of the dividend the said turn of £2o,' : which investment was not publicly registered in accordance with the provisions lof the Gaming and lotteries Act, 1808. Evidence was given liv the police thftt y.-heu the race was in progress the totalisator showed that £242 was invested on Cast Iron, but at the conclusion of the race the amount had been increaM& Jv £2O The defence denied that any monev had been received for Cnat -Iron or any other horse after the totalisator . closed- The difference was due to the discovery of an error wlier checking the totals The flrat, charge was Jlismlssed' and a fine of twenty shilling imposed 1' the other.