Parliamentary Papers, Volume 5H.M. Stationery Office, 1923 - Bills, Legislative |
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Page v
... paid it was entitled to recover the same by action of debt ; by 18 Geó . II , c . 34 ( 1744-5 ) , the test of excess was extended to the loss of £ 20 within 24 hours . Up till that time only betting on certain specified sports and ...
... paid it was entitled to recover the same by action of debt ; by 18 Geó . II , c . 34 ( 1744-5 ) , the test of excess was extended to the loss of £ 20 within 24 hours . Up till that time only betting on certain specified sports and ...
Page xiii
... paid over to the winners . Here again it will be seen that the nature of the business requires that it must be carried on with scrupulous honesty or the book- maker's business will disappear . On the evidence before Your Thompson ...
... paid over to the winners . Here again it will be seen that the nature of the business requires that it must be carried on with scrupulous honesty or the book- maker's business will disappear . On the evidence before Your Thompson ...
Page xxiv
... paid it was entitled to recover the same by action of debt ; by 18 Geo . II , c . 34 ( 1744-5 ) , the test of excess was extended to the loss of £ 20 within 24 hours . Up till that time only betting on certain specified sports and ...
... paid it was entitled to recover the same by action of debt ; by 18 Geo . II , c . 34 ( 1744-5 ) , the test of excess was extended to the loss of £ 20 within 24 hours . Up till that time only betting on certain specified sports and ...
Page xxx
... paid over to the winners . Here again it will be seen that the nature of the busi- ness requires that it must be carried on with scrupulous honesty or the bookmaker's business will disappear . On the evidence before Your Com- mittee it ...
... paid over to the winners . Here again it will be seen that the nature of the busi- ness requires that it must be carried on with scrupulous honesty or the bookmaker's business will disappear . On the evidence before Your Com- mittee it ...
Page xxxv
... paid on bets which turn out to be XII . irrecoverable , that is to say , on bad debts . Having regard to the diffi- culty of saying when a debt is bad , to the complications arising in the case of payments on account and to the nature ...
... paid on bets which turn out to be XII . irrecoverable , that is to say , on bad debts . Having regard to the diffi- culty of saying when a debt is bad , to the complications arising in the case of payments on account and to the nature ...
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12 July agent amongst amount of betting backer betting duty betting houses betting office bookmaker's carry cash betting Cecil Wilson cent certainly Chairman Committee Continued course credit betting credit bookmaker David Grenfell deal difficulty district evidence evil fact flat racing football Forestier-Walker gambling Gershom Stewart give horse horse racing increase Jockey Club July large number legalised maker matter mean ment moral Morgan Jones odds offence opinion pari-mutuel penalty person PETER GREEN police practically premises present profit question race meeting racecourse Rawlinson ready money betting regard registration revenue Ring ROBERT CALDER Sir Alfred Butt Sir Beddoe Rees Sir George Hamilton Sir Henry Norman Sir JOHN PEDDER slips stamp starting price street bookmaker suggest suppose Tattersall's tax on betting tell thing tickets ting tion to-day totalisator TREVOR BIGHAM turnover