THE LICENSING ACT.-CARD GAMES NOT ILLEGAL.
Wellington, This day. A case of some interest to publicans has been decided in the Supreme Court in banco. The applicant, William Light, the licensee of the Queen's Hotel, was convicted by Mr Hardcastle, R.M., under section 155 of tho Licensing Act, 1881, for permitting an unlawful game to be played in his licensed house after the hour of closing. The game played was euchre, and it was contended by counsel for the appellant that the section only applied to billiards, bagatelle, and other games of the same genus, ancl not to games with cards. The Court upheld this view, pointing out that card games for money was met by section 149. The appeal was therefore allowed.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3802, 21 September 1883, Page 3
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