BETTING CHARGES

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1925, Page 7

BETTING CHARGES

GAOL sentences. ! APPEAL LODGED. AUCKLAND, Juno 29. Judgment was given by Mr Boynton S.M., in the Police- Court, in the case in which William G. Brown and A Hansman were charged on eight informations with betting with a constable. Brown was originally charged with carrying on the business oi bookmaker. He objected to. a Magistrate hearing tiie other charges on the ground that he intended to elect ;i trial by jury before the Supreme Court, on the charge of carrying on the business of a bookmaker. He questioned the right of the prosecution to substitute summary charges to defeat the minor charge going before the Supreme Court. The Clnet Justice refused the application for n writ of prohibition. Accordingly Mr. Poynton delivered judgment. He bold it proved that accused was a bookmaker, who had betted t< tc odds with a constable: also that there was rvidcnce- of a system. Brown was found guilty on one charge. The N Mst rate said that it was not a for a fin«, .as accused was fined E ;1 vear ago. it would appear that Mie fine and iv>. deterient effect. He inflicted a sentence of 32 days’ imprisonment. Security, for an app-a was fixed at €2O. The warrant was suspended and the other ?r ases a-'-journed, pending the heaw of4tn appeal. _ y