ILLEGAL LOTTERY
PENNY "DONATION" SCHEME
BAND SECRETARY -FINED
[BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION*] CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday
A penny "donation" scheme to augment the funds of the Stanmore Silver Band led to the appearance before Mr. H. A. Young, S.M., in the Police Court to-day, of the secretary. William J. M. Gosney. on a charge of starting an illegal lottery. He was fined £1 and costs.
A sub-inspector of police said tho prize was 500 cigarettes. Defendant was ciuite frank, but he asserted that similar "competitions" were being run all over tho Dominion. That, however, was hardly correct® The Magistrate: There is nothing on the ticket about 500 cigarettes. The Sub-Inspector: That is for tho purpose of evasion. Purchasers of tho tickets were told that there would bo 500 for the lucky buyer.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22003, 9 January 1935, Page 13
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