TRESPASS AT WINGATUI.

Evening Star, Issue 12926, 14 April 1908, Page 6

TRESPASS AT WINGATUI.

At the City Police' Court this mornm(before Mr Widdowson. S.M ) tsix men wcrr rio'ct'ik'd ao-ainst by ihe Dmiedin .lockev Club for trespassinu on the Wingatui 1.-nt'-course at the February meetin::. Mr Hanlon appeared for the prosecution.—After evidence had been taken. 'Michael Mnllhare Mv Scuit) pi railed guilty.—Mr Hanlon said that defendant was warned off the course by Detective Krcit/er. but refused to leave, and remained on the court*.- for the Test of the day. He (Mr Han!<m) understood that defendant had not !mii convicted of any similar offence before.—Mr Scuit said thaidefendant came up from lnvcrcargill for a holiday and went to the <ourse. He was not a. bookmaker. .Mid resented lieing ordered off and refused to -0. —Fined £4 and £1 Is solicitor';; f.-e. 3s court cost:*, and witness's" exvens'-s 10s. The charge a'j.iirst Robert Watson was withdrawn, as he had h-tt ih«- Dominion, and the charge against ,R:>. ;ih Coliurn was ;dso withdrawn. In the ca.;c of Geoj L -e Pierre and Francis Franklin. Mr Hanlon (-.aid that those men had approached the i-luli an dadmitted the fault, and had promised that they would never acaiii offend. The club Iwad accepted the plea, and lie won'd ask tliat the case.s bo withdrawn, whirh was done. The cha rye against W:li : mi Irwin Black was aLso withdrawn. ;..- In was sent to caol at. Middlcmareh on Saturday last for theft. Harrv Clca-j iMr I/mon! was then similarly cliai'jeil and rl-ided not guilty.—Mr Hanlon said that defendart was warned off by Detective Kn-itzer. bat refn.-od to go. and kept on the course for 1!:' vest of the d iv. —F.videnoe havin-j been taken, Mr Lemon said that the ra;'> should be dismissed. In the first, instance no pr«r had been given of ownership of iiie l-.nd by the Jockey Chib. secondly no rc/nl.i'.ions had lx>en put forward to show tiiat ; U',v wa.- any condition broken by defe-d intV entrains on the course. H«. entered in- ;i . ticket, for which he paid. His entry was pea.eful. Had lie broken any regulation he would have committed an offence, hut this defendant kid not done.—Defendant, in his evidence, said to. t he was a wool-Toller ;U Galloway, and had to leave his job on account of this piosocution. Up to Augusi 'if 1904 he was a steward on the boats. He worked in the country, and did not associate with bad characters. He had given up opium smokimr. He was neither a bookmaker nor a guesscr.- —To 'Mr Harden : He did refuse to leave Wingatui when ordered to go. Tt came as a surprise to him to be ordered off the course.--Fined £5. court costs 8s solicitor's fee £1 Is.