POKER ILLEGAL.
mm -■ — * HUfetKLKGRATH.—I'MSS ASSOCIATION.] |gP^;.' Wanganti, Tuesday. Bocisson was fined £10 at the police 'Court this morning on a charge of j a common gaming house where Nter Was played. Prior to 1907 poker Hoi considered an unlawful game, but ®Mer Action five of the Act of 1908 it Hot'jlecetssary to prove that money was |ijjsplayed for. Section 10 laid down every game of chance is unlawful, * J thus magistrate decided that poker is p of chance. m* ======
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 7
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79POKER ILLEGAL. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 7
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