Cheating
A person who cheats in a friendly game of cards commits only a gross breach of good manners, but if the game is for money or prizes the cheat could be sent to prison for obtaining money by false pretences. This ruling was given in the King’s Bench Division by Mr Justice Cassels during the hearing of a slander action arising from allegations by a 61 year old widow that she was falsely accused of cheating at a parish whist drive. The prize in question was a bottle of orange juice.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 49, 26 May 1950, Page 5
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92Cheating Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 49, 26 May 1950, Page 5
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