BETTING CASE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10615, 23 April 1912, Page 5

BETTING CASE

TRIAL OF POSTAL -OFFICIALS.

(By Telegraph — Press Association.)

PALMERSTON N., Last 'Night. At the Police Court this morning, Douglas Mtmro and Edward Baigent, employed at the Long-burn Post Office, were charged that they did conspire to defraud William Scott and Henry Martindale, trading together a>b Wellington under the style of Scott and Martindale, of certain, monies, namely, £3O. Detective SiddeHs briefly eutlin-ed the ca6e against accused, stating that' one of tjlio ac- , cused had been at the Wanganui races? add 1 bad got 'inteide tihe telephone ". cdminwnioatiflnwitih accused at Licngburri, iHiTnediately after a race,, tiling hiin the nam.3 of the winning' home'; Lctly'"3ft'trttia> and tbelatter anti-timed a ■•telegraph message to Scott anvil Martindale, backing the iiorw?. Frederick Perrin, post office official from the General Post Office, Wellington, stated that lie had the Minister's authority Ho produce certain, which he did. One contained an instruction to back Lady Motua firf;t start at Wanganui. The lelegiaftii Would have to j)af.'« through the LFalireiiston North office, and it was timed 12.55 at the Longburn office. Witness had seen tlie accused at Lougburn, and told Munro that he wished to know iihe circumstances un-,-der which the telegram was trail sI'mitted. Tihe latter made a written i-tatemen.t stating that the matter ;had been' pre-arranged between him- , 'self and Baigent. A statement wa« also given by Baigent. The telegram •was fini&hed at Wellington; at 1.26 p.m. Mr DonnCd Bobbins, assistant sec■retaryto 4 ( ,h0 Waiiganui Jockey Club,-•-s-tated that the'first race at Wanganui started at 12.8, and was .Avon, iy I Lady Moutoa. • J : Henry Mkirtindale, of Scott and Mariindaile, Wellington, aeked if liis firm received the tele cram in., question, declined to answer, on the ground that ho might incriminate himself. .Both accuiwd reserved their defence and entered a n!e,a of not guilty. They were ccniim:tted for ttfal at ithe next sitting of the Supreme Own-t. Bail was al!(0w<?d in their owin r'ecogirisKiK.ee. of £IOO and.,two securities in each case- of £SO each. ' ■