A WAGERING CLAIM.
JUDGMENT GIVEN BOR BLAINTIBB. .Mr Bailey, S.M., delivered judgment at Stratford yesterday in the wagering case Morrison v. Sharp, in which a claim was made against Sharp as stake-holder in a bet on the Stratford election. Plaintiff alleged that the money was paid nway by Sharp contrary !o his instructions. At the hearing a fortnight ago, a nonsuit was applied for on the ground thaf no action could lie, relying on sect ion ft) of the Gaming Act. Concluding his judgment, the magistrate said: “The addition of the words in our section 70 over and above those contained in the English Act appear to me to be surplusage, and have no effect on the law as it stood before Ibe passing of our 180-1 Act. -Judgment for plaintiff, for amount claimed, with costs.” Security for appeal was fixed at £7O.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2163, 14 August 1920, Page 2
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143A WAGERING CLAIM. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2163, 14 August 1920, Page 2
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