GAMING CHARGES.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17611, 16 January 1929, Page 9

GAMING CHARGES.

v TWO MEN Irt COURT. STORY OF- A RAID. (By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.) CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. In the Magistrate’s Court Patrick Walsh was charged with (a) carrying on the business bookmaker and (b) conducting a common gaminghouse. Robert Michael Cox was charged with (a) carrying on business as a bookmaker, (b) assisting in conducting a common gaming-house, and (c) wilfully interfering with the working of a telephone. Pleas of not guilty were entered in each case by Mr O’Leary. He announced that Walsh and Cox -would elect to be tried by jury on two of the charges, and asked the Magistrate to adjourn the summary charges until the indictable one had been dealt with. The Magistrate announced that evidence would be taken against both men on the bookmaking charges.

An account of "a raid on Walsh’s premises at GG, Hills Road, was then given by the Chief Detective who said a list of bets totalling £3OO was found on the telephone. Detective-Sergeant Young, who got through a window, said he tested the telephones and could not get any answer. A mechanic attended to the telephones, which then commenced to ring. A list of the information witness took over the phone -was exhibited. A box of envelopes addressed to numerous people was found. “There were horse trainers, clergymen, and schoolteachers,” said the witness.

A code, double charts, and acceptances cards for the New Year's meetings were produced.