 ... betting on the sides or hands of them that do play, or in wagering on the event of any game, sport, pastime or exercise, win from any other person to himself, or any other or others, any sum of money or valuable thing, shall be deemed guilty of obtaining...  The Law Times - Page 71831Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 674 pages
...event of any game, sport, pastime or exercise, win from any other person to himself, or any other or others, any sum of money or valuable thing, shall...convicted thereof shall be punished accordingly." The indictment was in the words following, that is to say, — " Berks, to wit. The jurors for our... | |
 | Law - 1845 - 556 pages
...make more effectual the Laws in being to prevent excessive Increase of Horse Races," as relates to by a false pretence, with intent to cheat or defraud...convicted thereof, shall be punished accordingly. 18. Wagers not recoverable at lair. — And be it enacted, That all contracts or agreements, whether... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - Criminal procedure - 1846 - 914 pages
...of any gam«-, sport, pastime, or exercise, win from any other person, to himself, or any other or others, any sum of money or valuable thing, shall...being convicted thereof shall be punished accordingly. Indictment for Winning Money at Cards, fyc., by Fraud. Middlesex, to wit: — The jurors of our lady... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - Justices of the peace - 1846 - 980 pages
...win from any other person to himself, or any other or others, any sum of money or valuable tiling, shall be deemed guilty of obtaining such money or...convicted thereof, shall be punished accordingly." The commitment in this case must be for obtaining the money by false pretences. See ante, p. 457. Gaming... | |
 | 482 pages
...event of any game, sport, pattime, or exercise, win from any other person to himself, or any other or others, any sum of money or valuable thing, shall...convicted thereof, shall be punished accordingly:" so that cheating, even at cards, or in horse-racing or in betting, will henceforth be a misdemeanor,... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1848 - 726 pages
...shall, by fraud, or unlawful device, or ill practice in play, betting, or wagering at any game, win any sum of money or valuable thing, shall be deemed guilty of obtaining the same by a false pretence, and be punished accordingly; and all contracts, whether by parol or in... | |
 | Great Britain - London (England) - 1850 - 402 pages
...event of any game, sport, pastime, or exercise, win from any other person to himself, or any other or others, any sum of money or valuable thing shall be...thing from such other person by a false pretence, with inlent to cheat or defraud such person of the same, and, being convicted thereof, shall be punished... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1851 - 552 pages
...event of any game, sport, pastime or exercise, win from any other person to himself, or any other, or others, any sum of money or valuable thing, shall...intent to cheat or defraud such person of the same." The first question would be, whether skittles was a game within the statutes. The indictment was drawn... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Evidence, Criminal - 1852 - 988 pages
...event of any game, sport, pastime or exercise, win from any other person to himself, or any other or others, any sum of money or valuable thing, shall...money or valuable thing from such other person by false pretence, with intent to cheat or defraud such person of the same, and being convicted thereof,... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1853 - 696 pages
...fraud, or unlawful device, or ill practice in playing at cards, &c., shall win from any other person any sum of money or valuable thing, " shall be deemed guilty of obtaining snch money or valuable thing from such other person by a false pretence, with intent to cheat or defraud... | |
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