Inst Friday morning the three Russians and eight Chinese, arrested fon the night of April 4, when the French Police raided a' gambling resort, situated at 19 Avenue ward VII, came up for trial. Dr.
Fischer and M, Barraud appeared for the defendants, and evidence was given by the French Two of the accused, John Gin burger and Romaskevich Bolesoff, pleaded guilty to having been employed by a Portuguese as croupiers at a salary of $100 a month in the establishment, They were fined $150 each by the Court,* The third Russian defendant, Ivan Sositzner, told the court that he had had no connection with management of the gambling place and had gone there for gambling purposes solely.
In spite of evidence to the contrary by the police, who maintained that accused had been seen repeat~ edly giving orders to the other sians employed, the Court dismissed the charge and fined Sositzner $10 for gambling in accordance with Code, Article 276 of the Chinese Criminal
The Chinese staff," who told the Court that they were cooks boys and coolies at the place and had had nothing to do with the gambling, were ench fined $15.
The Court ordered, furthermore, confiscation of all paraphernalia and the few thousand dollars which had been taken on the night of the raid, A protest against this ruling was entered by Messrs, Fischer and Barraud, who pointed out chat. the property belonged Mr. D. M. Gon= selves, Portuguese citizen, and not subject to the jurisdiction of the French Mixed Court, The Court ruled, however, that this was question which would have to be decided by the two consulates on-
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