EUCHRE FOR MONEY PRIZES
GFFEKGE AGAINST GAMING ACT JUDGE OVERRULES MAGISTRATE [Pee United Peess Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, February 21. Progressive euchre as played at Sydenham Football Hall on October 17, comes under the Gaming Act, according to the decision of Mr Justice Adams.'
The facts were that euchre was played for money prizes, the public being charged half a crown for admission. The police laid an information against the promote;, and Mr Mosley, S.M., dismissed the case. His Honor held that the magistrate acted, upon an erroneous view of the law, and allowed the appeal, remitting the case to the magistrate with an opinion that the promoter should be convicted.
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Evening Star, Issue 19796, 21 February 1928, Page 5
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109EUCHRE FOR MONEY PRIZES Evening Star, Issue 19796, 21 February 1928, Page 5
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