ONE AMONG MANY
AN EXHIBITION GAMBLE,
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, 30th April.
J. E. . Winsloe, Commissioner of the Southland Court a,t the Exhibition, was charged with having conducted a lottery*-. ■•■' : The Chief Detective said that a giant cheese was sold in small pieces, each purchaser, having.la chance of securing money.prizes.concealed in the cheese. The defendant did' not benefit personally from the1 sale of the cheese, as the sale helped to defray the expenses of the court... r • .. The .Magistrate, in dismissing the ease, said ho could not see that any great harm had been done, particularly in view of the amount of gambling going on af the Exhibition.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 103, 1 May 1926, Page 9
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108ONE AMONG MANY Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 103, 1 May 1926, Page 9
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