AN IINGENIOUS SCHEME.
BETTING CHARGE DISMISSED. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright ( (Rec. January 22, 9,5 pmo 1 Melbourne, January 22. Tho liccnseo of ein Ararat hotel has been charged. 111111 betting on licensed premises He had issued coupons to purchasers of drinks guaiantecing to pay -El to those- placing correctly tho first three horses in the Melbourne Cup. Six coupons were correctly marked, one customer filling in two. About fifteen hundred coupons were issned. Tho defence was that tho issiio of the coupons nas not a betting transaction, inasmuch as the defendnnt had nothing to gain, and the coupon holders had nothing to lose. Tho case wa3 dismissed.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 5
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106AN IINGENIOUS SCHEME. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 5
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