POINT OF LAW RAISED
DEAL IN SWEEPSTAKE TICKETS.
PROSECUTION OF WIDE INTEREST.
By Telegraph—Press Association.
Dunedin, April 11.
A prosecution of wide interest was commenced in the Police Court this morning when V. S. Jacobs, W. Stiglich, W. P. Elliott and Walter H. Maloney, tobacconists, were charged eachwith receiving 6s from a constable for a ticket in a Tattersall’s sweepstake. There were similar charges against three assistants. Receiving the money was admitted. The defence was that it was no offence to receive money for a ticket in a lottery outside New Zealand, assuming that the prosecution succeeded in proving it to be a foreign lottery, and that the defendants were merely buyers’ agents for transmission to Hobart, their part in the transaction npt constituting a sale. Counsel pointed out that there .was a decision given at Dunedin in 1913. That section did not refer to lotteries other than in New Zealand. There had been no appeal from that, and Jacobs All along believed that was the law. Decision was reserved.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19350412.2.33
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1935, Page 4
Word Count
170POINT OF LAW RAISED Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1935, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.