Trials on charges of conducting lotteries were especially uinerous the Provisional Court on October 31 and in all cases the police had little difficulty in prosecuting.
The feature of the majority was the testimony of complete innocence fon the part of the accused but the judges were largely adamant und thought otherwise, A typical case was' one that occurred at 222 Tiendong Road when six men were arrested on charges of participating in, or conducting a lottery. When the police entered there was a concerted effort 10 exeape which was easily frustrated and all of the accused were found in possession of lottery tickets.
The first defendant testified that he was not conducting the affair, that he lived upstairs, and that he was present solely because of neighbour ly desire to see a friend.
The second, "went there to sell some peanuts."
The third, "went there to see some friends.
The fourth, not live there was making a call.
The fifth, "was also making a But the sixth who lived in the house and had a novel excuse for] the tickets that were found in his mn, "They belong to my'
be said, "Me has gone Canton and asked me to hold them until he returned. T was showing them to my friends when the police came in and arrested us."
Judge Tsing thought that three dollars each from the first five was a fair payment for their friend-Hines and the sixth was ordered to) pay the Court treasury $25,
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