CHARGES OF BOOKMAKING

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6812, 16 January 1929, Page 7

CHARGES OF BOOKMAKING

RAIDS IN CHRISTCHURCH. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 15. In the Magistrate’s Court Patrick Walsh was charged with (a) carrying on the business of a bookmaker, and (b) conducting a common gaming house. Robert Michael Cox was charged with (a) carrying on the business of a bookmaker, (b) assisting in conducting a common gaming house, and (c)' wilfully interfering with the working of a telephone. Pleas of not guilty were entered in each case on behalf of the accused by Mr O’Leary. Ho announced that Walsh and Cox would elect, to bo tried by a jury on two of the charges, and ho asked the magistrate to adjourn the summary charges until the indictable one had been dealt with.

The magistrate announced that evidence would be taken against both men or. the bookmaking charges. An account of ilio raid on Walsh’s premises, G 6 Hills Road, was then given by the chief detective who said that a list of bets totalling £3OO was found on the telephone. Detective-Sergeant Young, who got through a window, said that he tested the telephones and could not got any answer. A mechanic attended to the telephones which then commenced to ring. A list of information that witness took over the phone was csSiibited. A box of envelopes addressed to numorous people were found. “There were horse trainers, clergymen and school teachers,” said witness. A code, double charts and acceptance curds for the New Year meetings were produced.