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This Afternoon,
Judgment in Gaming Case. Wellington
The following judgment was delivered in the Gaming and Lotteries case tried this morning : The Magistrates think they must convict the defendants, and they think the facts alleged are proved, and that they are prohibited by law. They think that in cases like this persons likely to commit the prohibited act would think it prohibited by nothing but the law, and therefore the only deterrent is the money lost. That should always be sufficiently substantial to deter. In this special case they think that the eminence of the position of the defendants, and the publicity and deliberation of the act, called for the vindication of the law. The defendants would be fined £lO each. The Hon. John Johnston, who was one of the Justices on the Bench, dissented from this decision.
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Patea Mail, 23 December 1881, Page 3
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