THE RIGNOLD BICYCLE.
At the Magistrate's Court this afternoon, Mr. Kenny gave judgment in the charges brought against Mr. Gco. Itignold of having sold tickets in a lottery of a bicycle and of establishing a lottery scheme. The Magistrate said he had looked into the case carefully, and had no doubt that a scheme had been established by the defendants which came under the definition of lottery in section 16 of the Lottery and Gaming Act, 18S5. He had come to Ibis conclusion not only from the evidence, but from the language employed on the ticket a»d in the advertisement. .A.t the same time the defendant had no wilful intention of breaking the law, and he (Mr. Kenny) would be guided by the action of the Justices in a case quoted by Mr. Wilford, and inflict only a nominal fine. The defendant was fined £> and costs for establishing a lottery scheme. On the suggestion of the Magistrate the police withdrew the charge of having sold a ticket in a lottery.
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Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 113, 14 May 1897, Page 6
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170THE RIGNOLD BICYCLE. Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 113, 14 May 1897, Page 6
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