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NEW YORK LAW TO BE TESTED Minoola L L N Y Juno 12 The grand jury of Nassau Count r will be asked to decide whether an indictment fur Iiookiiiaking lies in the case or wo men arrested at Belmont Park and brought up yesterday n a writ of habeas corpus before Su ¬ preme Court Justice Walter II Jaycox JaycoxWilliam William Pyalt ami Charles landorf were held for the grand jury on Tune 3 by Justice Walter 1C Jones at Ilempstoad for alleged bookmaking at Belmont Park Yesterdav Justice Jaycox denied an application for a writ of eeritorari and le dined to accept a memorandum which Charles T McCarthy attorney for the men desired t submit submitOn On behalf of the accused men it was contended that no evidence had been submitted to put them In the class of professional bookmakers District Attorney Wood insisted the law should l e tested and maintained that the accused men had banded slips of paper to everyone who came along at Bel jnont Park He said he was anxiu Ui t whether the amendment to the Aj of 1910 which made bookmaking with or without writing a crime meant anything anythingJustice Justice Javcox said there was siillicienl evidence to hold the men to the grand jury lie concluded that It was apparent they were betting with every ¬ one who came along and that they were at Bel ¬ mont Park for the express purpose of asking bets
