A RACECOURSE CASE.

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

A RACECOURSE CASE.

(Per Press; Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, tliis day. Air Bishop, S.M., gave judgment m the case of the Canterbury Jockey Club v. Archie Anderson, who Avas charged with being unlawfully on -Christchurch rflcecourseron. Pebiaiary 3'rd.;.The Magistnjje said that 1 iri his'opinion tlie regulations .Averej aiot made m accordance with the Ac£', and therefore must be held to be ultra vires. -The; point on i which he had' reserved his deeisijon ,was. as to Avh ether the section made; regulations^ Avhen once gazetted sufficient eA'idence. After considering ...it, he had arrived at the con T elusion that it did not affect the position at all. The regulations were initially bad, arid ! the Gazette notice did not make' them conclusive evidence. The cases quoted by Mr ; Stringer 'wore all distinguishable from this particular otic. and l)e; could not find authority that justified, him m holding that mere" publication m the. -Gazette made them sufti. cient evidence, or that he AViVs- justified iii .any Ayay m refusing to go behind the initial "badness of the regulations. .The case. Avoulcl he dismissed with costs. In regard to' the other eases, if the clup Avas'- going- to -appeal, he Avould adjourn them, but if not; he would dismiss them. Mr Wright, Avho a-ppeared for the club, said he would ask -for an adjournment for a week. The cases Avere accordingly adjourned.