Sponsiones ludicrĉ. - Game Debt. - Premium for procuring a Wife. - Private Lotteries.
Stewart v. Hyslop
Date: 18 February 1741 Case No. No 59.
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In the question betwixt these parties, the Lords found, That it was not competent to prove by witnesses, that the bill charged on was accepted for money lost at game, against an indorsee for an onerous cause, who was not privy to the wrong. See No 56. p. 9507.