INFORMERS & INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE.
A DEFECT IN LEGISLATION.
[United Pnns3 Association.]
CHRISTCHURCH, Tues. A number of private persons were charged at the Magistrate's Court this morning with betting totalisator odds. The principal witness, a bookmaker, refused to give evidence incriminating himself. The Magistrate upheld the ■witness, and dismissed the cases, saying tha difficulty was always met with in such cases. Legislation closed the mouth of the! principal wltners, and I would^ continue to do so uutl) the public conscience -pa 3 arousad.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 April 1907, Page 3
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81INFORMERS & INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 April 1907, Page 3
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