DECISIONS REVERSED.
RUGBY FORECASTING CONTEST. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 17. An appeal against the Magistrate’s dismissal of an action brought, against Stewart John France, who invited householders to enter a forecasting competition on Wellington Rugby games, was upheld in the Supreme Court by Mr Justice Reed, and the case was remitted to the Magistrate with the opinion of the Court that the man should bo convicted. His Honor agreed with the Magistrate that'*the scheme was not a lottery, hut it did come within the definition of a bet, being in effect a, wager of Is to £2O. Costs were not allowed, counsel for France explaining that France borrowed on his life insurance to float the scheme, and paid out more than £27. The proceeds were something more than £4, so lie lost about £23. It was also stated that the er.se was in the nature of a test case, very important to tlie Crown, because bad the Magistrate’s decision remained tlie door could have been opened.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 194, 18 May 1938, Page 3
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