]watchmen, at the Provisional Court on July 17 appealed against sentences recently passed upon them of 50 days' imprisonment and fines of $200 in connection with a raid made on No, 5 Yates Road on June 22, for aiding and abetting and conducting a private gaming house. Dr. Wilhelm asked the Court to Teverse the judgment of the lower Jcourt as the appellants where only. watchmen on the premises and could not be held liable for the running of the place, "The trial of Fournier," he said, "who is the: alleged operator of the place, is not yet over, and in the absence of the principal it is not right to punish the appellants." He went on to say that if the Court had found the appellants to be guilty, then 90 per cent. of the Chinese Police of the S.M.C. who stood out-lo the greyhound clubs nightly sould also be charged with aiding The case was ree manded to July 22, for judgment.
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