(Prison ce tempo (Prison. orme_and fines Imposed but A large crowd of police witnesses, felends, and relatives, filled the US. Gourt for China on May' and listened intently. while Judi Milton J. Helmick passed sented: upon five Filipinos who were arrested during the sudden raid late on Wednesday night on the Fitipino and Pinoy Clubs, adjoining houses Range Road, where the police fount dice games for $10 limits in full progress.
"They were not charged with gambling, Judge Milton J, Helmick pointed Jout as he passed sentence, but with operating rooms for the purpose of gambling. "He made it clear that District which they were charged a applies to Americans in China, was a wide one, and expressly aimed punishing' those who commercialized gambling for purposes of making Proft out of it.
Those who gambled were not affected by Sections 183 and_ 184) Chapter 6 Title G of the D.C. Code, which was the section applied, bul} this section of the Code gave the court wide and full power those who set up a Induced others to play and knowing: ly permitted gambling for profit ina. Ihguse under their control were liable 18 punishment.
Five Filipinos appeared before the court but the ease against one of them, Frandozo, alias "Jacky" Frandozo, was dropped by Mr. Leighton Shields, US." District" Attorney, who pro secured, as certain evidence which he had' hoped to call was not forthcoming. Frandozo was originally charged with permitting gambling, Cruz, of permitting a gambling table, and more specifically, a dice table, to set up and used for gambling in, premises under their control, and permitting the operation of the said able, They pleaded guilty to the second charge, and were sentenced to {ten months in Bilibid Prison, Manila, fined $100 and ordered to pay costs.
fourth, V. G. Clara, pleaded guilty to unlawfully operating a gambling. fable and inducing, enticing and permitting others to bet, He received the same sentence.
'The gaol sentences were suspended by the court. On the plea of Mr. 'N. E, Lurton, counsel for the defence, the fine of $100 (local currency) was also suspended; Mr, Lurton said that, the defendants' were extremely poor, to pay a fine would mean imprison ment eventually. A further plea on [behalf of Clara, who is said to have been merely an employee and even worse off financially than the other four, resulted in his having the order 138 t0 costs also suspended, The other four, however, will have to pay their costs.
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