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] , ; NOVEL CASE IN NEW ZEALAND. A case of conalderable Importance to racegoers. and the lirst of ils kind ever heard in Now Zeal and. came before the Nelson Court recently. Harry D. James. Totalisator proprietor, was charged wiih 1 a breach of section 32 of the Gaming Act in regfcs- lering on the Total fata tor, after the time notified 1 for I he closing of business on the race, money* re eelved for investment. According to be M iary magistrate, Mr. .1. s. Evans, the word "n tiffed* had no definite meaning, and thai then wa nothing in the Act making it obligator? in tbe 1 I of clubs t tlf] the Mm.- of starting, bnl 1 notification by the club, either lo the public or to persons liable to tin- penalities ol ih- section, was a sullicient notification under the section. He also held that the prohibition was absolute, and that no transaction of any kind could be registered on the Totalisator after the lime notified. He further held that criminal intention was nol neces aary. lb- found thai the defendant had registered mi the Totalisator after flu- time notified, convicted him. and lined him S.l. but exonerated him It. .111 any moral turpitude.
