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MUTUEL BETTING IN THE FRENCH COURTS COURTSlu lu a case heard iu France u few lays ago where two persons entered into i partnership to support ji certain combination by backing horses at the inutuel betting offices one of them who was sued for an amount alleged to have been lost pleaded the Gambling Act His plea was not allowed on the ground that such defense could not be sustained in the face of the fact that tho mutuel betting was legalized by presidential decree