A TATTERSALL'S SWEEP.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12698, 16 March 1910, Page 5

A TATTERSALL'S SWEEP.

AND A SPECULATOR'S TROUBLES

(Special to Herald.) .. AUCKLAND this day.

Some few weeks ago notification was received by a Waihi resident, that he had had tlie good fortune to draw dpwards of £2000 m one~o"hl'httersau's sweeps on an Australian horse- race. Subsequent reports pointed to a partnership with three Other persons m the .successful ticket. The partners have naturally been, looking forward to a division of the money, but the holder cashed the cheque a day or two ago, and 'left the district rather hurriedly, taking :with him the whole of. tlie proceeds of the joint investment. A warrant was issued for the arrest of the missing man, and the parties claiming an interest m the ticket left for Auckland by the early train on Monday morning, m search of the absentee.

At the Auckland Police Court yesterday, a young man named Joseph William Kneebone . was charged with having ob ; tamed' from a. baiik manager,"" named Brown, at Waihi, the sum of £771 9s 3d by. a -certain false pretence.

Mr W. E. Hackett appeared for tho defendant, and Detective MacMahon' for the prosecution.' ; ,

.Detective MacMahon said ' the defendant and another young fallow Jind-beeni winners of a prizfe of£2^ m-a^^tVQr^ sail's sweep on the Launcesjfbn 'Cup. 7 He asked that ' defendant should be demanded until Thursday to Waihi:

.Mr Hacfcett, who .appeared foi- the de. fendant, asked for bail, and tendered the evidence of William Pehnell, who was a. partner with defendant m his Cup investment. This witness said he . had no money now, as, defendant and he had decided to take a holiday trip to Australia, and they had .sent their money over there by draft, upon which they could operate when they got over on the other side. The' witness said two other persons- had claimed to be interested m the ticket which won the £2300, but those men had not paid anything towardsthe purchase of the ticket. They .had merely intimated their ' intention 'of "coming m," but had never "cashed - up" anything. , • 7 .

Mr Hackett strongly protested against the act of a certain magistrate m issuing al warrant for the arrest of the defendant.

His Worship said he was not there, to deal with the question, and he did not want to hear anything about it. Mi* H ac -'kett : But I wish your Worship would hear me.

His Worship : No, I won't. Will you kindly sit down, Mr . Hac'kett? 'There are too many cases of this sort of thing, and I'm going to put a stop to it.

Mr Hackiett : Then I'll have to bring the matter before the Minister.

His Worship : Please sit down ; I'm not going to listen to/this sort of thing.; If you wish . to make any complaint as to these warrants write to me or to the Minister for Justice. If you write to me, I'll forward it on, but 1 won't accept this man's bait.

The remand a\ as granted, and the bail tendered w.ass refused.