A statute prohibited the keeping of ‘a house, office, room or other place’ for betting. The defendant kept an uncovered enclosure for betting.
Held: His activity did not fall within the list under the ejusdem generis rule, The three specific items were all enclosed spaces, and the defendant’s was not. A preamble cannot, therefore, be used to qualify or cut down the enactment which follows
Judges:
Earl of Halsbury LC.
Citations:
[1899] AC 143
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Litigation Practice
Updated: 16 May 2022; Ref: scu.606352