£5 FOR CHARITY
WINNERS OF £12,000 PRIZE. COURT RECOGNISES PAYMENT, CHARGE OVER LOTTERY TICKET. (Per Press Association), AUCKLAND, This Day. Four Onehunga people who won the first prize of £12,000 in Tattersall's. Tasmanjan sweepstake Jane Ellen Gates, William Frank Hooper, William John Molloy and 'Louisa Madeline Peterkin at the Onehunga Police Court this morning, charged with having bought a ticket in a lottery prohibited .by the Gaming Act., They pleaded guilty. . ;,■:,,. Detective J. B. Findlay said that in January the four subscribed Is 6d each and sent to Tattersall's for a ticket. The lottery was drawn on 2i||, and! tha isyndjiqatie's ticket won the first prize, £12,000. They would rather giye a' donation to charity than be convicted. On behalf of the syndicate, Mrs Gates offered to giye £5 to charity. The four defendants were convicted and discharged on the understanding that each wouki donate £5 to some charity. .. s
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 139, 25 March 1935, Page 5
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