COURTS AND OFFENCES.
Alleged Trespass by "Bookies."
(Per United Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, August 11.
The first of the seventeen. cases in which the defendants ar© alleged to hay© trespassed on the Riccarton Racecourse on April 24 last, was called on at the Magistrate's Court' to-day. Counsel for the prosecution asked for an adjournment till/^jhe 22nd, giving as on© reason for th© application that . the prosecution did not wish to prejudice th© defendants in view of the races next week. The adjournment was granted, but the Magistrate expressed the opinion that th© delay in bringing the cases on appeared to indicate that the Racing Club did not treat the charges as being of great moment.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11635, 12 August 1905, Page 5
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114COURTS AND OFFENCES. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11635, 12 August 1905, Page 5
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