GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT.
[by telegram.—press ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Wednesday. The case of Wardell Brothers v. McGath was argued to-day before tho full Bench of the Supreme Court, This was an appeal from the decision of Mr. Haselden, S.M., of Wellington, convicting the appellants for carrying on a scheme for the distribution of prizes, which is illegal under the provisions of the flaming and Lotteries Act, 1881. The appellants issued circulars notifying the public that a coupon would be placed in each packet of tea sold, and that- every thrpe months prizes would be distributed to those pioducing the greatest numbei of coupons. Coupons purchased in one quarter were not necessarily to be produced in that quarter, but could be held over foi any' other competition. The prizes, therefore, were not, under the scheme in question, determined merely by the number of coupons bought during a particular quarter, but partly by the number which purchasers or holders produced at a particular competition. The magistrate held such distribution was within the meaning of the Act, and convicted the appellants. Judgment was reserved by the full Bench.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11368, 10 May 1900, Page 5
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