THE GAMING ACT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12826, 27 July 1912, Page 2

THE GAMING ACT.

' (Fer Press Asßoolatioii.) j 1 ; WJUjfiJ^QTON, last night. ! . 4^ good deal of time was' occupied m. the M^giStrale's Courts to-day m dealing .with an"allege,d: hreach. of the Gaming. !A.ct. William Scott) and Henry Martingale were ch{ir^fe(J .withhffVlng;. published ia document wnich contained a notification, oh tiehajf, of. ceitaift pei*?#)? W'tOj •being' "oij" 'horse rac.es to be /run ajb) TEVentham,'. ' Ch'iejf ,J)ef«ctiye Brpber^ prosecuted, and Sir JoKn'JßindJay; ' RCPJ. ; .condufcted' the. defence; I Detective Ward: ;qf Dunedin, deposed to receiving a let^ i ter "through the.; post which contained papers eonjytnonjy _ known; as .double charts. The envelope tore the postmark of Wellington; ,],a^id . from ■ :its ■'appearance it :had .b§pnjßenl>. lo some" person *who had ' rp-addrlesied it , on: to \vithess. Cross-examined by' t Sir John Findlay, witness said tha < t u 'ap'P.arehjt'% the letter 'had"'!tt6tV.^^ !J 6p l eni|d\l!f^''th;iB I '^r^oii' to >whom iti'had beeri/^TlMriajil^' acfdfes'sed.' /It was sent to witne'sk^bvlou'sly^, Because he was a police officer. Detective'^HamsAid ' tiiat 'he ' knew defendants, ;vfho were bookmakers. ' .Bookmakers ■throughout New Zealand adopted alphabetical sighs forf ftJKeir '"' b'ettirig 1 charts the sign "A. 8.C.". 0h the chiivt produced was adopted by defendants some yeiirs ago. To 'Sir. John 'Findlay ': x -tyifeficlan'ts l(] were 'b^okjmakers.' Personally ; he" r Knew of 'nooth'OT bbokmakei's adopted" the sigh ; "A.B.'C:" Sir Johii Findlay submitted that the information ishoiildV b& ? , 'dismissed. , The .necessary {vital elements m. a- cjase of the present isort were, : Firstly, there must be notification^ sjs jo betting; secondly, notificatioil must be on behalf of some .personi; and* WriUy,;, there; 'niu>t ,be publiica'tiori.' Defendants' did.nbt publish the charts and it \vak .not 1 likely that publication was going to" lie made to a police .officerV Pecisiba was I 'reserved.'' •' '' M -'*