Law, suggested amendments in betting, 155
Leeman’s Act (1866) stops speculation in bank shares, 62
Legislation as to gambling, existing, 135
_Lennox_ v. _Stoddart_, deposit of money for betting illegal, 153
Licensed bookmakers in Australia, 193, 194
Licensing Act (1903), 144 and gambling, 204
Limited Liability Act (1862) increases stock gambling, 50
Liverpool, Bishop of (Dr. Chavasse), on betting, 215
London, Common Serjeant of, on betting, 217
Lords, House of, Report of Committee (1844), 27 Select Committee of (1901-2), Report, 28, 38 summary of, 203 betting among artisans, 155 press and betting, 166 recommendations of, 191 women gamblers, 69
Lotteries abolished, public, 138 and sweepstakes, 138, 161 newspaper, protected by 8 & 9 Vict. c. 74; 140 put down by Parliament, 63
Lowther, M.P., James; evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 209
Magistrates, a Chairman of, on embezzlement and betting, 214
Manchester, Chief Constable, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 206
Marginal groups, gambling prevails among people classed in, 118
Monte Carlo tables average daily profit, £500, 181
National Debt, stockbroking begins with, 46
Newspaper lotteries protected by 8 and 9 Vict. c. 74; 140
One pound shares and Stock Exchange gambling, 51
Pauperism, betting next to intemperance a cause of, 91
_Petit Parisien_, competition forbidden in, 142
Postmaster-General, powers _re_ betting circulars, 197
Post Office, monetary interest in betting of the, 31 powers over lottery matter, 141 proposed increase of powers, 161
Press competitions and coupon gambling, 140, 142, 143, 162 gives facilities for betting, 191
Prohibitive Acts insufficient to prevent gambling, 130
Public excluded from betting circles, the general, 22
Public-houses, proposed Bill to make betting in, illegal, 157
Public opinion, the necessity for creating a sound, 174
Raffles, Government inaction in the matter of, 176 really illegal, 139
Remedy, bookmaker’s suggestions for a remedy, 110
Renals, Alderman Sir J., on street betting, 215
Richmond, the Duke of, on cash betting, 26
Russell, Chief-Justice, on street betting, 213
Rutzen, Sir Alfred de, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 90, 206
Scotland Yard, conviction of three inspectors of, 85
Shannon, Superintendent Metropolitan Police, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 208