The Registrar—Mr. MeDonald has addressed the Court as though a. penalty is being inflicted. 1 must had with Garcia about buying some Craven, A cigarettes for which the witness's employers were agents. The letter shown the court had been removed from the safe at 151C Bubbling Well Road by the police and where the name Garcia had appeared was a neat hole.. The witness however produced the carbon SMP. gave evidence that corroborated much of that given by the previous witness. He had accompanied Major Hood and had had no difficalty in getting in, "I did not gamble. 'I just walked around -and watched and I saw]
jor Hood playing. I did not see Garcia until ten minutes before 1 of the China Realty Ca. who were merely' brokers in the Jeasing and that the property was owned by Mr. A, Lafuente who was at present in the United States. He said that the witness was not in a position to know very much about the leases and had merely been asked to sign hig name as witness to signatures. at home, say like dog racing without the dogs Witness:—Yes, and they can be used for football Dr. Fischer: came out and manager why didn't rest him if such a terrible crime was going make it clear that there is actually copy from his files and said that left and then he was standing near no penalty at all. The accused i garcia" was the name cut out, the cloak room. I went on instruc-'Bound over not to frequent a gaming The witness said that he had made tions and I was not told to look for house again. The object of the the call in the evening "in the in-anyone in particular.
'When we ar-sentence is Ca assure that he does terests of business and I believe rived a boy asked us if we wanted not do 80. If he does not, knowing it gambling was going on. I. don't drink and I had one. 'They were is an offence, then he' incurs no Know". "Garcia had replied that he very nice to us". penalty whatever. He is in just the did not smoke but advised the The accused were then remanded same position as if bound over in $1 witness to call on the second aceusin custody and Dr. Fischer or ten cents. The only difference is ed "who he described as the man-shed for bail for his clients, that if he chooses to frequent a gam-ager" and the second accused "as this case is a petty one ing house again, and it is shown that subsequently bought and paid for: and my clients have plenty of does, then he forfeits whatever 8,000 cigarettes. money and do not want to run away. sum hemis bound over in. He suf-Mr. V. H, Bourne, Assistant Com-This is only a fight between gamfers no penalty whatever. I think missioner of Revenue, was then called Diers and the dog races are after my I must bind him over, for that is and said that from his records the clients and I do rot think the court what was done in Murphy v. Arrow rates on the premises at 151C Bubtlshould take part.
As regards it being a stigma, I caning Well Road had been paid to Judge Wu:—We are not trying not think that any stigma attaches: date from March, 1928, by F, del dog racing. to any of these people who in Valle, Before that they had been Mr. Bryan then "strenuously ignorance attended this gaming paid for several months by C. Gareia opposed any granting of bail as house and gambled there. As you and before that by J. J, Alvares. fear the accused said, it has been done by 'a very Under cross-questioning by Dr. ani great number of people in Shanghai Fischer the witness admitted that while T do not want to be unduly and it just happened that some were he "had gone to 151 Bubbling Well hard on them the ease will be summoned on one occasion. I do not Road three or four times to gamble." finished a few days and I would think that any stigma attaches, People have been going to this gam.
He knew that the place was a gambiprefer that they be kept in custody. ing establishment "but I cannot They have plenty of visite and ing house just the same as to cinema answer for the Council". ire not put to any hardship.' shows and other places. I only hope Dr. Fischer:—The Council were that, now that there is a deci Dr. Fischer Reproved that it is illegal, they will refrain Aiding and abetting this place. Do} from going, unless it is shown in you think they would collect money Dr. Fischer:—Mr, Bryan is con-from a gambling house? ing the role of police prosecutor the ordinary way that my decision is wrong. Ihave no reason to divert Witness:—The council would be with that of persecutor and agai from what I wrote. lad to collect money from anyone.
1 ask the court in fairness to grant bail. with my judgment:—
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