GAMBLING MANIA.
ANOMALY OP THE LAW. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, last night. The appeal of the Chinese against the conviction for gambling has concluded. Judgment was reserved. During the hearing of the case the inconsistency of our law as it deals with gambling was the subject of comment by the Chief Justice. Following a remark by Mr Jellieoe, for appellants, on the hardships imposed by raiding and fining Chinese, His Honor said it might be that Chinese would think we were a peculiar people when we sanctioned gambling by the totalisator, and games in our clubs, while we would not allow them to gamble. They might wonder at such inconsistency, but that was a matter for the legislature. He had simply to determine the law as it stood.
Mr Jelliooe remarked that if he and his learned friend were playing a game of whist in China, and they were “ raided,” handcuffed, marched off to the lock-up, and fined £SO, as was done in this case, Great Britain would have something to say.
His Honor said he could not go into these questions. The law might permit Europeans to gamble and not Chinese, but that was for the legislature. There was no doubt our law did permit gambling in the colony, hut not by Chinese.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 387, 11 April 1902, Page 2
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