| Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1893 - 1182 pages
...whereby a party thereto, or any party for whom or on whose behalf such contract or agreement is made, contracts to have or give, to himself or another, t.he option to buy or sell at a future time any grain or other commodity mentioned in Section 3 of thia Act. U. That... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 750 pages
...words "sell or buy," used in section 13o of the Criminal Code, which makes it illegal for any person "to have or give to himself or another the option...buy, at a future time, any grain or other commodity," etc., mean "sell or buy," and will not be limited to the meaning of "deliver or receive." 5. SAME —... | |
| Law - 1888 - 556 pages
...J. CONTRACT — GAMBLING — OFTIONS. — (1) Rev. Stat. 11l., 1883. ch. 88, § 130, provides that "whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another the option to sell or bny at a future time " shall be liable to a fine, and the contracts shall be considered gambling contracts... | |
| Law - 1878 - 540 pages
...Illinois, it was held that the statute of Illinois as to gambling in grain, which says "Who.oever cntracts to have or give to himself or another the option to sell or buy at a future time any grain, * * * shall be fined * * * and all contracts made in violation of this section shall be considered... | |
| Illinois. General Assembly. Senate - Illinois - 1874 - 648 pages
...by inserting, in place of section 130, the following: "8 130. tGambling in Grain, etc. — \Vhoevcr contracts to have or give to himself or another the option to sell or deliver, at a future time, any grain, or other dead victual, stock of any railroad or other company,... | |
| Illinois - 1877 - 182 pages
...than one nor more than ten vears. [RS 1874, ch. 38, § 125, p. 371. 18. [GAMBLING IN GRAIN.] § 130. Whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another...the market, or attempts to do so in relation to any such commodities, shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $1,000, or confined in the county... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 2268 pages
...26 Sup. Ct 212, 50 L,. Ed. 433. In the Booth Case, the statutes of Illinois provided that: "WTioever contracts to have, or give to himself or another,...commodity, stock of any railroad or other company, or gold, to forestall the market by spreading false rumors to Influence the price of commodities therein," etc.,... | |
| Judah Philip Benjamin - Les Salles-sur-Verdon (France) - 1881 - 1076 pages
...included a wager that rendered it illegal. § 542 a. [There is the following provision in Illinois : " Whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another...commodity, stock of any railroad or other company, or gold, .... shall be fined, &c and all contracts made in violation of this section shall be considered gambling... | |
| Law - 1882 - 692 pages
...subject of your ordinary deliberations, I wish to call your attention to one which I will now read: " Whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another...stock of any railroad or other company, or gold, or fore^ stalls the market by spreading fajse rumors to influence the price of commodities therein, or... | |
| Ohio - Law - 1882 - 300 pages
...sectional numbering as follows: Section 6934a. That whoever contracts to have or give to Contracu for himself or another the option to sell or buy, at a future time, any options on grain, or other commodity, stock of any railroad or other company, grain, corner- or forestalls... | |
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