RAFFLE PRIZES.
"SETTING THE LAW AT NAUGHT." (By Telegraph.—Press Ass iciation.) Blenheim, July 8. A case was heard in tho Magistrate's Court to-day against S. A. Edinger, secretary of the hospital bazaar, in connection with a raffle wherein tho prizes included a Jersey bull, a trip to Sydney, and a section of land. A plea of guilty was entered. Counsel asked for mitigation of the fine owing to the fact that the money raised was for the benefit of the sick and suffering, and not for individual gain. The magistrate said that the offence was committed deliberately in the face of a solemn warning by the Minister for Internal Affairs. Tho argument .that tho means justifies the end was ail immoral one. The olfenco wr.s an attempt to set the law at'naught. Any device producing the effect aimed at came under tho Gaming Act. If, however, he inflicted a heavy line that would not reach any individual concerned, but would merely be the means of depriving the sick and suffering. On the other hand, if a nominal fine were inflicted, that would encourage the offence on Future occasions. Defendnnt would be lined X 2 on each charge, and costs 21s.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1797, 9 July 1913, Page 3
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200RAFFLE PRIZES. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1797, 9 July 1913, Page 3
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