Parliamentary Papers, Volume 5H.M. Stationery Office, 1923 - Bills, Legislative |
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... tion to - day of people who make bets ; does that depend on the Betting Act of 1853 ? That is so , very largely . 30. First of all , under that Act is there prohibition against a person using a house , office , room or place for betting ...
... tion to - day of people who make bets ; does that depend on the Betting Act of 1853 ? That is so , very largely . 30. First of all , under that Act is there prohibition against a person using a house , office , room or place for betting ...
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... tion regarding policy otherwise I would not have put it . I wished to make that observation at first and to say that any question of that nature which really does involve a legal question as to the exist- ing law I am only too ready to ...
... tion regarding policy otherwise I would not have put it . I wished to make that observation at first and to say that any question of that nature which really does involve a legal question as to the exist- ing law I am only too ready to ...
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... tion 23 of that Act , which provides that three or more persons assembled together in a street for the purpose of betting shall be deemed to be obstructing the street , and each such person is liable to arrest and a penalty of £ 5 . 322 ...
... tion 23 of that Act , which provides that three or more persons assembled together in a street for the purpose of betting shall be deemed to be obstructing the street , and each such person is liable to arrest and a penalty of £ 5 . 322 ...
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... tion . Chairman . 1046. The offence is permitting bet- ting , is it not ? -Permitting the premises to be used for betting . Mr. Foot . - 1047. What you find is that the owner himself intervenes ? Yes , immediately on a conviction he is ...
... tion . Chairman . 1046. The offence is permitting bet- ting , is it not ? -Permitting the premises to be used for betting . Mr. Foot . - 1047. What you find is that the owner himself intervenes ? Yes , immediately on a conviction he is ...
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... tion ? -Since 1914 , but I was in the Metropolitan Police for five years before that . 1303. Is your jurisdiction the whole of London except the City ? -The whole of the Metropolitan Police District , which is a district of its own and ...
... tion ? -Since 1914 , but I was in the Metropolitan Police for five years before that . 1303. Is your jurisdiction the whole of London except the City ? -The whole of the Metropolitan Police District , which is a district of its own and ...
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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