A CURIOUS TRANSACTION.
[By Telegraph.]
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) (Per Tarawera at Auckland.)
HOBART, May 2. At the Supreme Court to-day Isaac Hemtnelhock, bill discounter, Sydney, sued Edward B. Gawne to recover £110 overdue on a promissory note. The particulars disclosed that the action arose out of a gambling transaction inHobartin 1896, when Gawne attended the betting saloon of Alfred Drake, bookmaker, formerly of New Zealand, where he engaged in two games' known as " Billy" and " Sandown," and lost £1000, for which he gave post-dated bills. These Drake disposed of to the plaintiff. Gawne refused to pay the bills, on the plea that he had been robbed by Drake, who admitted in evidence having won £1000 from him at a game of roulette. For the defence it was contended that the game was not a fair one. The jury found for the defendant.
The Stewards of the Ashburton Racing Club meet to-night to further consider the running of Crescent.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 10032, 10 May 1898, Page 6
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