BREAKING THE BANK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 288, 2 December 1905, Page 13

BREAKING THE BANK.

"SYSTEM." '" i ~ i..d,. ■ VTf ,' i , . , CfiUß? SEQUEL. . A bank breaking system figured to am action Iα the Brentford County Court, when I j Mr Harold' Furniss, of Ethelbert Ed., Wim- I ; bledon, sued Mr Jβ me* Gourlay, of Wood- * «t<K*, St. John's S«L, leleworth, for #20 money lent. . - t The plaintiff stated that be was a Jour- < nalist, and . some months ago be devised 1 . a, system whereby fortune* were made, of > supposed to be- made, at Monte Carlo. (The ( defendant, to whom lie had only recently c been, introduced, expressed a desire to 50 10 t Monte Carlo and assist the representatives , of a syudicate formed by the witness, who r was already at the tables work lug the system with the qbjegt of breaking the '.. bast. - I Thereupon the witness. save him a ' cheque for £20, and Explained the i 1 working of the system to him with the exception of one crucial point, which be de- 1 scribed ac "the missing clue." This due ' he promised to fpraish by. telegram later r ; it \yus arranged that Gourlay not : present the cheque until the Friday before l 1 he started for Monte Carlo, bat on sending .' to the bank for his pass book, witness ' " covered that the cheque had been, cashed < a month prerionsljr. As a matter of fact. I the defendant never went to. Monte.Carlo I at all, and It was doubtful if he' ever < 1 left Isleworth. Mr Wilfred Firth (who defended) elicited' 3 from the witness taut to the best of his i recollection he wrote the following" let- I * ter:— ; "My dear G.ourlay.-THere'.e twepty qnid. •- If you are going to take a capita] of £200 s and this (the £20) is added, I th,ink a.fait > division would be for us to think that my '■ [ share In the preparations is worth another 1 f £30. Then, if you give mc a flfAh of ail . the profits you make after all expenses are paid, it would come out about fair. Don'£ think I want to pin you to this, and don'jt j , put anything in writing Things of this < t kind are better on one's word of honour." ■' I Mr Firth (to plaintiff): Now, will you 1 , give mc the missing clue you promised to i . telegraph to my client at Monte CarJoT-r i Ko - . .1 , In defence, Mr Firth pleaded the Gaming ' Act, and submitted that the transaction , was a pure gamble. The judge, however,, • 3 found that the plnintifl had advanced the 1 . £20 to Goorlay for him to go to Monte f Carlo, and he did not go. Therefore, he i found that the contract was broken, and 1 save a verdict for the plaintiff for the j amount claimed. wfth costs. ' ■ ■ j ' - ' *"' : r J ... ... V— .. .