NOVELIST WINS
FRIENDLY RACING ACTION (United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) LONDON, Tuesday. Mr. Edgar Wallace, the well-known novelist, won a friendly action brought by the Jockey Club to recover forfeits for void nominations for the Newmarket races, in which Mr. Wallace’s horse did not run. Mr. Justice Clauson ruled that payment for the forfeits could not be' enforced, as the contracts were wager contracts under the Gaming Act.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 421, 1 August 1928, Page 9
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71NOVELIST WINS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 421, 1 August 1928, Page 9
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