OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS **AUSTIN GROVER**  **SEUERS** ***~RN ‘** **r GUWSAL** 

‘gonorableR. Pat Edwards Civil‘DistrictAttorney Records Eiullding Dallas 2, wxae

. Dear Sir:

king es that term Is oosrnonly under-’ ss defined in 0ticI.e 652~ of Vernonts e of the State of Texas, and fro3 kuowurnishlrg and using its rriros,lines,. ftloilities

end equipn?nt ln c;ny,zsnncrwhatsoever to any person, Sjrn, assooietion or corporetlon in the State OS.Texas for the purpose of reccivin2, trznsv&ttinc or deliverin inforsation used in Connection with.the offense of bookr;okingOS that term is coxaonly understood and as thot tern is defined in krticle t52o 0P Vernon’s penal Code of the State of Texas.. n cn Aue;ust13, 1945, the *qW~os Gaily Sports I;e%%“j

by one A. C. Cogins, msde appli--.-

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gonorebleH. Pat Edwards - pace.2

' ostiou to C. J. fnoe, Generalwmsger';oS Western Union Telegraph CODpang, Dellas, Terns, for sorvioos for the purposa of receiving sporting inSomatlon of newi value. for use oxolusively in oonneotion with the publioatlon OS the YQxas Dailey SportsNew.* ' Said application furthm stating that sold

.publication is published daily and is dedicated ." to reportlug aud digesting AmrIca*s latest sporting news, aljdthat much of It is dedioated to statisticsand data of sporting lnforastion, suoh as.horso races, as well as analysis OS oport exports,.

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containin news of prize Sights, horse races, etc. ca Septether 20; 1945, said application was suppler,zonted by a oomunioetion from tho said A. 0. Cog&s atatlng in substanc6 that the Y!estern Union :i facilities, If obta+ed,_rlll be used exolusivoly Sor tho sssezbllng of the news 'publishedin the Taxas Dally Sports I?ew. The Question is : will the aoceotance be tha :,ostern

Grion 01"sum applications of the @exas Doily Sports Xem an5 tna Surnishln9 of ..i said Sao~llties s;ecisiea in aaid~ic~i%Gis 3n nny::iso vio3ZfZThe tijunction rolerrodto .hereln7 Attiohed to‘yourrequest, mmkcd Exhibit W*, is a 'Fublloation

reSerro& to as *the Septernbor 1Eth issue OS the .Tcxas Daily sporti lJe?rs, labsled as Vol 1, 110.SG,ttend being tresumbly a typical issue of the p.ublioation In question. said%ssue of .suoh publication contains data about' various horseraoes tobs run, the condition OS the traoks, the stsrt- × for the moos, the nems bf the horseo participating, oa=msof owners and jockays,. the weights, post positions, betting eis, and past performnoa of entries, such publiootlon dots

. .., . PJt. lnvitaor offer to t&e or pla69 a horse raoo bet, nor~1s '3Jinformation.

coztainacltherein concclrniog e plea0 v:hera, ::aF;Bmer in which, or the person or persons with whom, suoh 'betnay bo plooed. On the oontrary, the said issue in qucs- %I states that hThc Texas Daily Spoxtsmws eivos no advioo tatobottlng, nor does it advise its readorc to do any betting. 1rPublishes,as news, the opinions of recognized writers as to

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tharelativemocritsof horse& ;i As in other m%tters of opinion, these authoritlcsoften diSsS?oa. with one enothor.* Sections 1, 6 Ond 6 of ArtLola 652i,‘VernonfbFonnl gode of thij

Seato of Texss, read as follotis:

- ~Seotioil 1. Any porsix who L%kos or aacapto or plecea for enother-Ebot or uageerof money or anythingaf valua on a horse RICO, dog race, sutozaabixe race, motoraycla raw or en$ other ztce’.of .snpkind rjhatsoeverr footbell @ma, baseha.‘. Same,
. athletic‘contestor sports avent of whatsaewr kind or cheracter;ox any porson who .offcrsto teke or aaoapt 02.plaee for.enot!xr eny suct?trot or ne~w; or anyparson who 5s au &,-ant,servant or employee or othervfino,.

aIds or encours~es snather to take ‘or accept‘orplace any nuah bet ore vis@r; or any Dcroon who direotlyor jnd+?ctly authorizes, aids or en-
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qent, scrv&nt or etiployea or other person to take or acccqt or plsco or trensmit any sauhbet or wager shall be giiiltyof book uskin snd upon aonviatlonbe punishad by OomAfinerent .tithe State ,aanitentderyfor any term 0: yaws net 1585 .tJlrtn om (1). no3 nora than +?ivs (5,) or by .acnfiner&M In the county joil for not less t.h%n ten (J.0)

_day nor more.thssn one (1)year and by s fine of not less thsn On=% Bndrod ($l.OO.OO) DoLlarenor ewre’ than One TMmn%nd’ (@.,OOO.OO)Dol?.ars.n

. . *Sea, 3.. ft,shall be wlauZul. for any, Deroon or the aSant, sorvent or omplogee of any parson,’ corD,orstion

or association of peraohs, knosin~ly to fuxnish telephone, telogaj’h, telOtyF3, tObj.rjnt or radio sarvice or equipz.e:nt; or to pleco the same on any property in this Steta used for thepcrposo pro-’ hibitcdby this Act or to ass’istin tho violstion of qny or the proviolona of this Act by t.he Surhiahing

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Pat Edwards, p&e 4

OS any telephone, toleeraph,talotypo, teicprlnt or radio service or ecuipmnt. It shall also be .’ unlovifulfor any yorson or association of persons or corporutionn knowin@y toperdt any telephone, telogmph,. tcletypo, tolaprint,radio or othar meaa6 of co~~:unlcatian xhatover to rmain~ on any property qssed

Sor the purpose prohibitedby this Aot. Any person or assooistion of persom or shy oorporatiori

violating any provision of this seotion shall **be** fined not less thsn One ffundred($100.00) Dollars, nor nor8 then One Thousand ($1,000.00) DOllsrs. Do person or corporation eogsgsd in the business of Furnishing talephone, tclegreph, telctypa, tolepi’int,radio service or ecuipmnt to the publia &all be lisble in da.xsges whackit or they, in gooU faith, rafuae to furnish toleghcne, telegraph, teletype, tcleprint, radio scrrioe ox cwipeent, or refuse to aontinu~ to 60 GO, believing it to ba used or it Is usad in violation of this Act, or wh8re it or they’ refuse to ‘furnishor to continue to Surninh telephone, tele@aph, teletype, telaprint,red10 service or ,equIppmmt after written notice Sra;s a grand jury, distriot attorney, ao’uatysttoruoy, sheriff, ahief of polioe, oonstable, any mxabor of the ,Ztsteliighaay patrol or sfato Dangar sorvedby ragioteredmil upon suoh par- ~sou,corporation. or association of persons, that the equipment or servloa Sumiahed to a particular person, corporation or place is being Surnished’in violation OS the provisions of this Aot. After suohnotice I35 been &:ivento any parson or oarporotlon on&s&d in the business of furnishing telophone, tele@aph, toletyp0, teloprint,TsdiO SO~VioS or equipwnt to thepublic that such service or awip- *nsnt is being used ar is to be used in violation ‘of this Lot, tha continued furnishLag of suah service or equipment shelb be prim fqaic BVidO5C~ CS the kno~rlodge

of suoh person, corporation or assoolation OSpersons that saJ.d property or yIx3niseS 81% being USOQ in oiolatioi of this Act.i

fionorable

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$360.6. Any room, place, building,stru6turo ’ or property or the furnlturo, fixtures or parapher- nalia of uhatsoever kind 02 charactor usoa in oonneotion rviththe offenso of book making or pursuing. thebusiness of,book making, as dcfinod in this Aot, are hereby declared tobe publie nuisances. ::henever the dietrlat attorney, criminal dlstrictattornoy, oouuty attorney or Attorney General has reliable infornation that ouch a nuisance existsho shall fllo a 3Uit in the nami Of the State in the countywhere the nuisnnco 23 8mg3a to sxi.st tb obcto such ntisanae. If jyTl,cxmt be in favor ‘oftha State, than jud!,pont shall be rendered abotine said nuisiinco aoa enjoininG the defondant or defenasnts froa maintaintie the 8830 and Ordering tho 3ald prenises to be alosea for one year from date of said juagzent,uuless tha defendants in said suit or the oxner’, tenant or los.:eo

of 3eid proporty, nuke bond payab,le to the State at the county sect of the countywhere such nuisence is allegad to exist in the penal 5~ of
._. ~. . not loss than One Thousand ($l,OOO.OO) Dollarsnor mm than Five Thousand ($S,OOO.OO) Dollers alth good afidsuffioient surctic5 to bo approvedby the judge trying the oase conditioned that theacts pro- . hlbited in this law shall not be done or pernitted i,. to be done in or upon sajd promises or the term of.

tho injunctionviolated. On the violation of any OOnditlon oi such bona or injunotion theWhole sUn i < may be recovered as a ponalty ln the name and for ,~ . i the Stat8 in the county V:heresuch Conditions are I Violated, all such Suits to be. brou&ht by the disI triot attomsy,- orlminal district attorney, county 1 attorsoy of such oouuty, or the Attorney Generalof i TEaS.” i Ya said injunction, heretofore rendered 03 atorosaid !. (p nor in force and effeot aGeinst the ‘aaidCezotern Uniofi faleQiraph

Oox~any,wa3 rendered on a morn ori&ioalpetition i mod in said suit by the Attorney General of Texss unaa: ona kttirtue of Eec. 6 of Art. GWa, mpra,. In saidpetition it

. as alleGed, in ~,onwol, that the defen&ent.,PXWrh UuLOh.**‘**

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geIly Sgorta f;fm,end t?.e furniuklng of tho faoii..'titis applied for tkereln, end as tt?orein lizltcd, uou&S in nowlso rlolate tho sold lnjur-,otion egainst tho zzcstsm Ijnion

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