LAW AGAINST SWEEPSTAKES.
INTERESTING POINT DISCUSSED. (OHitiD razss assocutiok—sx Blxotaio y TILEGKAPH— COPYBIOHT.) , (Received LONDON, March 10. The Court has dismissed the appeal of Gilbert Beyfus, against 'the Registrar "of Companies, for refusal to register in England the Irish Hospitals' Sweep' Limited. :. In course of the argument, Mr Justice Swift asked; Do you suggest, if any Dominion Parliament passed an Act legalising sweepstakes, they - will be-lawful in Britain? Beyfus replied: I do. Chief Justice Hewart; j Have yon imagined what would happen if the Imperial Parliament undertook to say what was lawful in the Free Stater Sir William Jowett, the AttorneyGeneral, appearing on behalf of the Registrar, declared that ife was inconceivable < that the domestic law in one part of the Empire should, regulate the conduct of -citizens living in another part. '
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 12 March 1931, Page 9
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132LAW AGAINST SWEEPSTAKES. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 12 March 1931, Page 9
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