Shanghai, Dec. 9.
Yesterday, in the Second Special District Court, ten Wa Wai gambling house owners and gamblers, who were arrested in the French Concession early in the week, were sentenced to two or three months' imprisonment.
It ig interesting to note that the evil of Wa Wai gambling, a kind of privately arranged lottery system created for the purpose of enriching, 'a few people who run the business was stamped out some years ago ax result of the combined efforts made by the police of the then three municipalities. Numerous Wa Wai gamblers were arrested and pro-
Recently, numerous gambling houses have been run by professional gamblers in the western district and they pay heavy taxes to the Japanese-supported Chinese authorities daily or monthly. It has now been revealed in court that the latest device of the gamblers is to revive Wa Wai gambling among the ignorant and several notorious Wa Wai gamblers have established their headquarters Tsaokadoo, Chinese territory near the western district.
Careful investigations made by spe-dal detectives in the Concession revealed that two branches of the new gambling establishment were located in Avenue Haig and Siccawei. Accordingly, a raid was carried out on the Avenue Haig premises where Koo Hai-keng was arrested. Koo, it was alleged in court, was the manager of the branch establishment. When the police went to the Siccawei establishment they could not discover the manager because he had fled befor# they arrived but /they took seven gamblers into custody.
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