(W, Hawkins given three months:
viii Xavier: Bound over)
June 13, May 21, from 9.45 am, to 12.15 pin. on Nanking Road south near the 'Bund, to walt and exceed the time allowed by one and half hours, 'Mrs. V, M, F, Ovadia, defendant in the second case, was found guilty of permitting her' ear to. wait during prohibited hours from 430 to @ pin. on May 8, outside 1041 Bubbling Well Road, Convicted twice previously charges of operating " gambling establishment in Shanghai, W.. Hawkins was brought up in H. Int. Police Court again yesterday on similar charges before Mr. C. H. Haines, 1H. M. Registrar, and was sentenced three months' imprisonment. Hawkins was arrested at 10.18 p.m. on June 11 in a lightning raid on his establishment in Apartment "D", 74 Nanyang Road:" in all, 24 persons were arrested, the majority of whom were caught in the act. of gambling ata roulette table.
Speaking from the prisoner's box, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges of keeping and using the Nan= yang Road apartment for an unlawful Gammon gaming house, Hawkins mentioned two points in his "own Gefence, frsily, that he did not rent {he apartment for gambling purposes originally but had permitted roulette {o be played on the premises from time to time at the request of his {rlends; secondly, he denied. that any money" was passed in his apartment, Both points were over-ruled in court, Charged at the same time was xavier, the only other" foreigner arrested Inthe ald. on Wednesday Right led by Detective Sub-Inspector LIF. Gill of SACP, Headquarters, A British subject, Xavier pleaded guilty chargee of taking" part in the gambling at Hawkins's establishment. The Registrar. bound him over. for we years in. his own recognizances $300, The case for the Police against Hawkins was conducted by Mr. G. H. Wright and he called three witnesses, all from the ALP. to establish the quilt of the accused," Before sentence twas passed, Mr. Wright recalled D.S, Gill {o the witness box to read the two "previous convictions Sgainst Hawkins. "The accused Ww. ned $200 on June 14, 1934, for operat Inga, gaming. establishment in the French Concession, His second. con lotion was obtained on February 6 of this Your when he was fined £5; fon the "latter occasion, Mr, Haines fina warned him that if he appeared before the court again on. similar charges he would be given a term of imprisonment, "The frst wiiness to testify was DS. Gill, who stated that Apartment icinyane Road, had been unde police observations for "over one month and when their suspicions had founded. "they carried Before doing so. however, they had obtained search warrants from both [M, Police Court and the Chinese During the course of his testimony, DS!. Gill revealed that the premises had Been rented by the accused under the name of "W. Knight" a fact which Hawkins had admitted upon being arrested.
The gambling was being conducted tu one large room and, on the night of the raid, 24 persons' were grouped around the roulette wheel, The wheel, and other gambling para phernatia such as chips and numbered fable-cloths, were exhibited in court, Lise Chug-chien, Chinese detective Inspector in. the SMP. and one of the four men in the raiding party, substantiated the statements made by DSI, Gil., In giving his evidence Feng' Chi-ghan, Chinese detective sergeant, described how he had made observations at the back door of Hawkins's apartment and had heard sounds of a roulette game emerging from the premises on the night of Sune The accused then made a shor? statement from the prisoner's box, In reply to this defence, Mr, Wright pointed out that the accused was living at 382/4 Rue Bourgeat, "What is the purpose of the apartment?" he asked, "in dealing with that part of Hawkins's statement in which he said that he had not rented the apartment for the purposes of gambling, Hawkins also stated that there was that there was no necessity to prove hal any money had changed hands. the fact that gambling devices were in operation at the time of the raid was sufficient evidence of guilt, Traffic Cases STEP, D. F. MADAR, MRS. ¥. MI. OVADTA
Before Afr. C. H. Haines, H.M. Repistrar.
(Cautioned) June 11, Cautions were administered by the Registrar, Mr, C. H. Haines, in two trac cases brought' by the Municipal Police in H.M, Police Court yester—day, Defendants were absent, bul wrote to the Registrar, the first case Mr. P. Madar was convicted of permitting his, car on
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