LICENSING APPEALS DISMISSED.
(Per Press Association.') CHRISTCHURCH, May 20.
Mr Justice Cooper gave judgment . tins morning in the appeal, case Fuller v. Fouhy, in which the legality of playing games ol cards in hotels tor drinks was the point at issue..
His Honour held that where chance was one of the elements of a particular game and where that game 'was played for money or money's worth, playing at that game was gambling within the meaning of section 44 of the 1904.Act. The appeal was dismissed.
la the case in whicfi S. Brooking, licensee of the Sumner Hotel, appealed from a conviction for supplying liquor at a time when the hotel should be closed tor persons who nn'der the previous Act would he bona fide travellers. His Honor held the appellant was not lawfully entitled to supply men with liquor. He held also that the bona fide traveller had ceased to exist so far as obtaining liquor is concerned. The appeal was dismissed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7828, 22 May 1905, Page 3
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163LICENSING APPEALS DISMISSED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7828, 22 May 1905, Page 3
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