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16 C Theft Embezzlement and Fraudulent obtainment Of Things found
manner the suggestion is made, whether by discourse
by signs and gestures or even by instance silence, where the fact
which induced the other party to deliver the thing obtained
would be presumed unless it were disaffirmed by the offender
Cheating at Play is Fraudulent obtainment Accordingly cheating a person out of money or moneysworth
at any game or wager of sport is fraudulent ontainment
It is done by the violation of a tacit promise and assertion
upon the faith of which the other party subjected himself to forfeit
the stake in question upon the contingency which happened
As if the stake depended upon the cast of a die One fact
which is presumed between two persons who play with dice
is that neither party shall use or has used any sort of art
to make the dice turn up one way rather than another.
If then any such art be employed the not discovering it
but demanding or receiving the stake which by the terms
of the implied agreement was to be paid only in case the dice -
Identifier: | JB/072/213/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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