The Gaming Act.
A JUDGE'S PROTEST. TER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Wellington, November 15 la the case against Mercer, who 'was sentenced at the Wellington Sapceme Court to-day for misappropriation of Government Railway and whose lapses had •caased through horse racing, the ;§»dge said the law allowed profes Monal bettors as recognised part of tfce community, and bookmakers were permitted to permeate the redacts ot young men who were there%y exposed to great temptation. " I Join witri others, added the Judge " aa stating emphatically that the ■- wmoaer we return to the former state f*a«f affairs the better."
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Hastings Standard, Volume XIII, Issue 4311, 15 November 1909, Page 8
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95The Gaming Act. Hastings Standard, Volume XIII, Issue 4311, 15 November 1909, Page 8
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