The Lotteries Act.

Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7071, 31 December 1891, Page 4

The Lotteries Act.

MBS YANDLE'S 'XMAB TBEE.

[Pu Pins Association.]

Auckland, Last night. Jane Yandlewu oharged at the Police Court this morning, before Mr H W. Bishop, EM., with a breach of the Gam- , ipg and Lotteries Act by establishing a ' lottery at the Masonic Hall, Newton. ' Mr O'Meagher appeared for the defence ■sd pleaded not.guilty. Inspector Broham stated the facts of tbe ease. Sergeant Barnard deposed tbat be . visited Mrs Yandle's Curißtmas tree io the Masonic Hall last week, and advised - her to tee the Inspector before com men c -. . .tog tbe tale*«« the explained that she was - *nnniig it do tbe lottery principle. " He r iboncht • ticket himself from Mrs Yaudle, with • number on it. On the following 4«y aha handed him a prise which aba said bit tickef had won. Everything he saw in ib# f ,!■*• tv nU»» for tbe mouey» sow*

of the articles were more than valua for the shilling charged for the ticket. To Mr O'Meagher: Witness declined to say whether he bad been urged to proi oeed against Mrs Yandle by tradespeople in the neighborhood of tbe Masonic Hall. Most of the articles offered were, he believed, made by Mrs Yandle and her daughters. George Cann gave similar evidence. He •old toys and fancy goods la Newton. Mr O'Meagher held that though tbe lottery hud without doubt been established, still no offence had been committed, for she was innocent of any intention to do wrong, and her Christmas tree was not got up with a view to swindle the public. She discontinued her lottery as soou as she knew sbe was doing wroug. Mf Bishop said the doty of the polies [ was to briug public notice to these cases ' and similar ones* and he was convinced thtt the general prantios of gambling now pervading the community was productive of aerious iDjury to people and the State He thought, however, that in a case like this a uouiuttl teualty wuulii svfiict?, ao4

he accordingly fined tbe defendant 208 and coats. -