TATTERSALL’S SWEEPSTAKE
ILLEGAL PARTICIPATION CONTRIBUTOR FINED [Per Press Association. — Copyrightl HASTINGS,' This Day. Participation in TattersalTs sweepstake, which is a prohibited lottery in New Zealand, cost L. A. Collings a fine of £1 and costs (10/-) on a charge laid in the Napier Magistrate’s Court for a breach of the Gaming Act. Mr. R. M. Watson, S.M., in referring to defendant’s plea that he did not know he was committing a breach of the law, said: “Ignorance of the law is no excuse. I might point out that the maximum penalty under this section is £10.” Detective Sergeant J. Bickerdike said the defendant made a complaint to the police on August 30 last that letters had not been reaching him. Investigations were made, and subsequently defendant "admitted that the letters contained TattersalTs tickets, to which he arid three others had contributed 2/- each. The detective sergeant submitted that the defendant did not actually have to possess a ticket to be guilty under the section, which provided penalties for participation in prohibited lotteries.
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Northern Advocate, 8 November 1934, Page 7
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