'An action for damages, to be brought before the " Court of \Consuls, is foreshadowed as the outcome of last Friday morning' hhoarings in the Mexican Consular Court, before Judge N. F, Allman, when Leon Rivera Santos and J
Santana appeared on charges of conducting" in partnership - a_ public gambling resort at 5 Yates Road.
"Mr. H. D. Rodger prosecuted in both cases, and the accused were represented by Dr. O, Fischer, while Mr. J. E. Badeley watched proceedings on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Police.
Mr. Rodger said that "to the charge made ai Santana, he wished to en prosequi, on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence for him to offer which would result in a convietion, under Article 869 of the Mexican Penal Code; that _the Shanghai Municipal Police had been unable to obtain evidence to show that the place was conducted as a ganibling den to which the public wore freely admitted; and that ne witnesses could be found by the Shanghai Municipal Police who would attend Court to give such evidence.
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