ELECTION BET.
JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF. MAGISTRATE'S COMMENT. Association.) STRATFORD, This Day. Mr. Bailey, S.M., delivered judgment to-day in the wagering case, Morrison versus Sharp, in which a claim was made against Sharp as the stakeholder of a bet on the election. The plaintiff alleged that the money was paid away by Sharp contrary to his instructions. At the hearing a fortnight ago h. non-suit was applied for on the ground that no action could be,* thus relying on Section 70 of the Gaming Act. In his concluding judgment the Magistrate, said: "The addition of the words over and above those continued in the English Act appear to me to have no effect on the law, as it stood belore the passing of our 1894 Act. Judgment was_ given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs. Secumy for an appeal was fixed at £7O.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1920, Page 2
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