TURF SENSATION.
PEELS BEFORE THE COURT
HUSBAND PLEADS GUILTY
LONDON, March 7. The trial bus opened ai (lie Old Bailey of Captain Reel and bis wife. Peel plead ed guilty and bis wife not guilty. The husband's plea of guilty astonished the groat array of fashionable people present. The wife (irmly pleaded not guilty. Argument followed as lo whether the wife could lie tried because it must lie assumed that she acted under her husband’s influence. Mr Justice Darling declared the wife must be tried and adjourned the ease until March 9lh. He refused Peel bail, but released the wife on her own recognisances. —A. and N.Z. cable. [Uaptain Owen Peel and his wife were charged in connection with the despatch ot 45 telegrams to various bookmakers backing Paragon in the Duke of York Stakes, the prosecution alleging that the Peels ascertained by telephone that the horse had won before they presented the telegrams at a countryside post oilier.|
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19220309.2.62
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 342, 9 March 1922, Page 5
Word Count
159TURF SENSATION. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 342, 9 March 1922, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in