§ Mr. H. Hyndasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for infringement of the law about lotteries have been launched this year by the Chief Constable of Lancashire, and how many by the chief constables of the Lancashire county boroughs.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeIn the first six months of this year, prosecutions for offences under Section 22 of the Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934, were instituted in respect of one lottery in Lancashire, two in Liverpool, and one each in Preston, Warrington and Wigan. Twenty-four persons were prosecuted in the county, and 21 in the four county boroughs.