The Archive · 1927

PROVISIONAL COURT

GAMBLING IN ROULETTE

ESTABLISHMENT, Police officials under the direction: of Capt, W. G. Clarke, Director of Criminal Intelligence, raided a roulette wheat at 242 Bubbling Wolk Road last Friday night, and arrested 49 Chinese in the act'of gambling and seized a large number of chips, $5,200 in cash and native bank orders, several account books, a safe and a set of smoking para-

Those arrested, who are said to udo many prominent Chinese, were released on $100 bond appear before the Provisional Coarh Jon Saturday morning. The case feame before Judge Chan and fines jot $10 each wore imposed on the Players, Several of them failed to pot in an appearance and their bait was forfeited, The premises on which the wheat, (Continued on page 378.)

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