McKean prosecuted on behalf of the Crown, while Mr. Francis Ellis appeared for the defendant.
Mr. Ellis asked that Mr. McKean be recalled, and his Worshtp assent-od. Witness stated that the diary he had produced was for general office work and was kept by one of the clerks in the office. The three visits which he had mentioned were the only three of which he had records. There was a possibility of there having been others. Mr. Wilkinson had said he would give the defendant any assistance he could.
At the request of Mr. Douglas witness identified a letter from Mr.
Wilkinson to the Land Office on March 14 which stated that Mra.
Armstrong had informed him that. she had given notice to Garcia that gambling must terminate, that she understood that he wai citizen of the United States and was to ask ad assistance. The letter also reouented the Land Office that no transfer of the property be allowed.
George Wilson Gilbert, detective in the Municipal Police, said that in March he had instructions with regard to the house No. % North Honan Road Extension,.and on one occasion went there at midnight in company with Det. Robertson. They drove up in a carriage, the gate was opened as they arrived, and they were received by Castanada on the steps. He recognized Castanada from a photograph in the identification department. They were led into a room and in another room was a roulette table around which were five persons. Two of these were playing. Witness and Det. Robertson staked 5 each, receiving ten chips representing fifty. cents each, and this money they lost. Before leaving they each had a drink, for which they did not pay. On July 5 he went again with P. C. Quayle, and on this occasion went straight into the room where the roulette wheel was. There were several people in the room, two American naval officers, two women, nine civitians Castanada, the croupier, two assistants and several boys. Quayle staked $10 and witness $5, and they lost all. They had a drink, for which they did not pay. They were not asked to become members of any club.
Quayle previous witness' ing the second corroborated the widence regard-
John Emil Johnston, acting Chief Detective-Inspector, said that at 1.30 a.m, on July 98 he visited the house with Det.-Const. Rye. On their arrival the iron gate was opened by two Sikh watchmen, and they went straigh@ in. On the ground floor a little to the right of the entrance was the roulette wheel, and five or six men and three women were playing. Outside the room he saw Castanada. He knew him by sight, and as Acting Chief Detective Inspector knew him by repute. They were asked no questions. Prior to this case Castanada's name had come before the public in connexion with gambling at the Jessfield Inn.
Do you suggest that pute and history were fully set out in the daily newspapers?—The case was fully reported.
Mr. Ellis—Was he held up to be an undoubtedly bad character?—I could not give you details, but his name was mentioned.
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