OBTAINING MONEY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 294, 25 September 1935, Page 6

OBTAINING MONEY

ALLEGED BOGUS TRAINER.

CASE HEARD IN WELLINGTON.

TRANSACTIONS OVER HORSES

(Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This Day

Allegations by the police against Marcus Jackson, a salesman, aged 38, at the court to-day, included one of having obtained a large sum of money from a clerk who was already serving a term of imprisonment for theft from his employers, by posing as a jockey and persuading him to give the money for racecourse transactions. Jackson pleaded not guilty to the- charge. It was statecl that on April 15 and July 19 Jackson obtained £2lO from George Diack by representing that he was Tommy Green, a jockey, and that he was entering business as a racehorse trainer, and had arranged to buy two horses named Mossvale and Bronze Lady for Diack, and needed money to: pay for feed and stable the horses.

Diack gave evidence that he had told accused he had not been successful with racing; in fact, he was “in the cart” through it. Accused assured him that he could get him out of it. Diack proceeded to relate a series of negotiations with accused, and subsequent business relations, accused posing as Green. In all, he said, he paid accused £2lO. The case is proceeding.