THE WELLINGTON BETTING CASES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8888, 26 May 1892, Page 5

THE WELLINGTON BETTING CASES.

[CY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Wednesday. In the case against Martin, pork butcher, for illegal betting, Mr. Robinson, Resident Magistrate, said ho must record a conviction against the defendant. Mr. Jellicoe asKed 11 is Worship before fixing the amount of the tine to take into considciation in mitigation that the names of police officers, .Justices of the Peace, and others occupied in the administration of justice would be found recorded in Martin books, and he thought that Martin might fairly have assumed that anything they did was not illegal. His Worship agreed that there was considerable force in what had been ( said, And remarked that had his attention' not been called to it his intention was to impose a fine of £50, but on further consideration lie thought that justice would be met with a fine of £'20, the defendant also to pay the costs. With regard to the question of appeal His Worship undertook to reserve the points raised by the defence for the Supreme Court, and also to state a caso and stay all proceedings pending the appeal. The Crown Prosecutor also intends to appeal against the decision of Mr. Robinson, Resident Magistrate, in dismissing the gaming cases in which \ uille and Nathan were defendants.