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IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. (Per United Phess Association-.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 26. An important judgment was delivered at Oxford by Mr Bailey, S.M., bearing upon totalisator investments. William Femvick sought to recover from Keith (limn £26 9s, plaintiff alleging that lie gave Oiinn £2 to invest on a horse at the New Brighton trots. The horse won, and Gunu paid over only the dividend on a £1 ticket, returning the remaining pound to plaintiff. Defendant contended that the matter was to be left to the owner's discretion, and the latter invested only £1. Mr Bailey held that it was established" that only £1 was invested, and plaintiff could not succeed. He also held that as the transaction between plaintiff and defendant was illegal, plaintiff could not recover under section 53 of "The Gamintr Act, 1908."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16293, 28 January 1915, Page 6
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135A BETTING TRANSACTION Otago Daily Times, Issue 16293, 28 January 1915, Page 6
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