WORDSKILL PROSECUTION
PROMOTER FINED GHAFiGE AGAINST PUBLISHER DISMISSED [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, October 28. The magistrate (Air Alosley) gave his reserved judgment in the cases against Charles John Brown, one of tlio promoters of the “ wordskill ” competition, and Thomas Edward Robson, publisher of the ‘ Star,’ in which tho advertisement appeared, the police alleging that the competition was a mode of chance. Brown was convicted and fined £lO and costs, and the charge against Robson was dismissed, the magistrate bolding that a post office box could not be brought under the meaning of the Act as premises.
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Evening Star, Issue 19699, 28 October 1927, Page 6
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97WORDSKILL PROSECUTION Evening Star, Issue 19699, 28 October 1927, Page 6
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