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LOITERING ON RACECOURSE. (ay Telegraph—Press Association-! | GISBORNE, Monday. Recently Charles Croon and Arthur Owen were fined £SO each on a charge of loitering on the Ruatorea Racecourse for the purpose of betting. It transpired after the decision had been given that neither accused nor counsel had been notified that judgment was to be given. Mr Burnand, solicitor lor defendants, appealed, and the magistrate agreed to hear counsel on the question of a mitigation of the penalty. ',V Mr Burnand to-day contended that I Hie charges were identical with a case I heard at the Supreme Court and dismissed by the jury. Inspector Eccles stated that the ■ jury's decision did not affect the j magistrate's verdict. If juries' verdicts were followed there would be no bookmakers convicted in New Zea--1 land. Mr Burnand contended that as no charges had been heard against defendants for a number of years they should lie treated as first offenders. The magistrate agreed to this course and inflicted the minimum penalty of £2O. 3 =
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16811, 1 June 1926, Page 5
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