LEGALISED "WELSHING."

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 4 October 1907, Page 3

LEGALISED "WELSHING."

i [United Pbess Association.] j . ium- EUNEDIN, Thursday. ' t », se OCCU P'ed the attention of Mr Widdowson, S.M., yesterday afternoon. Arthur Geddes sued Lewis ' Curtis for £82 14s, the amount of a i | dishonoured promissory note. A cheque • was gl ven as a result of moneys won iri '' wagering over the Christchurch races, j but payment was stopped. The defendant alleged that this had been done on ! the authority of .plaintiff's grandfather, I j who had expressed the opinion that i plaintiff could not have paid if he had ' '. lost. Undej cross-examination the defendant said he had previously won money from plaintiff and had been paid. He denied that he had any partnership with Ben Curtis, his ] father, whose clerk he was. Mr ' Donald, the defendant's solicitor, sub- • ' mitted that the money was unrecover- . ! able in law, as clearly given for gam- i bling purposes. Mr Burnside, for the plaintiff, characterised the plea as contemptible. He said the defendant had taken the plaintiff's money at dif : ferent times, and as soon as he had lost had declined to pay up. He must accept a nonsuit, but he submitted that i as the defendant was both alleging his . own wrong and committing a breach of : morals, both of the turf and the world, j no costs ought to be allowed. A non- j suit was entered without costs. j ===== .