LOTTERY CHARGE
TEST CASE IN SOUTH NOMINAL FINE IMPOSED Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Wednesday. To-day the magistrate gave his rt served decision in a case in which the proprietor of a large drapery emporium was charged with running a lottery by which prizes were gained by a mode of chance. Defendant was the originator of a scheme whereby numbered articles in a window could be claimed by persons holding corresponding numbers, which were distributed through the province printed on the replica of a key appearing in circulars. According to the legal profession there is no reported case of such a lottery being held to be illegal in England, so the present prosecution* was looked upon as a test case. The magistrate held that the scheme was a lottery, but said defendant was advised by his counsel that it was legal and he inaugurated it in a public spirit to assist the May Fair celebration. Defendant would be fined £2*. Counsel asked the magistrate whether he would withhold entering the conviction until he had conferred with his client. They might ask to have the fine increased to over £ 5 in order to appeal against the decision. This was agreed to.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 386, 21 June 1928, Page 18
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198LOTTERY CHARGE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 386, 21 June 1928, Page 18
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