The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-11

Gaming and Conspiracy 10 Chtat.-Yesterday
morning the Mayor spent at least two hours
in hearing the charge against SAMUEL H.
HYMAN, OF exhibiting faro and conspiring to
cheat and defraud Charles +. Campbell of $50
in money and against GEORGE w. TODD, of
exhibiting faro, and cheating and defrauding z
Chages +. Campt eil. The evidence OF the
complainant YVES subs antially as follows
On Monday, the Sd inst, DR.. Campbell ar
rived in this city by the Central train, and
took lodgings al the Exchange Hotel. After
getting dinner, he left his hotel for q walk
and while pc ssing down l4th street, in the di-
rection OF MAN, he met Hyman, who ted
him, renewed an acquaintance made in Wash
ington, and invited MIN to take drink. Dr.
&. says he walked with Hyman TO a house at
the southeast corner of the Exchange, when
Ii. called for liquors and both drank. II
then / egan to t3t at faro, and DR.. &. also
put down IS or $40, which he lost. Hy-
man then invited Dr.. &. to Join him in the
bets which he did, and soon lost most of the
money the Doctor had. Hyman then put up
his watch to bet, and advised DR.. c. to do the
same, but the Doctor declined, and left the
house, minus $50. On reaching the Ballard
House, Dr.. T.. says he was introduced to man
named Laten, with whom he took drink, and
to whom he told his losses. In company with
his new acquaintance. he returned TO the
gaming house, where he saw GEORGE w. TODD
sitting at the gaming table, Hyuan not being
present After some few remarks Todd finally
loaned the Doctor S75 worth OF chips on
his watch, $3.50 OF which Laten and the Doc
tor soon lost with Todd. They then returned
70 the hotel, where the remaining "chip" for
$3.50 was given to the bar keeper for drinks
and which was sent back to the gaming house,
but was not redeemed. Todd, however wen
to the hotel soon after in search of DR.. Camp
bell, and remarked that he had loaned the
Doctor S75 on the watch, and that as soon as
the watch YVES redeemed he would pay 81 50
for the "chip" held by the ar-keeper.
FROM TINS evidence, the Mayor was satisfied
that no conspiracy to cheat had been entered
into tween the parties, and therefore dis
missed that portion of the charge. He, how
ever, held TODD to bail in $500, TO answer at
the February term OF the Hastings Court for
exhibiting the game of faro, and TO be OF good
,haylor for twelve months. He also sent
Lyman on to the same term to answer foI
playing against faro. and held him to bail for
his appearance next Friday, to answer the
charge OF being commog gambler, and per.
son OF evil name, fame, and repu' .tion.
The Mayor, i'll concluding his opinion, re-
marked that complains We're so numerous
ture would t, compelled 10 pess a law
authorizing magistrates TO bresk into and
search any house where gaming is suspec ted
to te carried on. So daring have the "ropers
in for gaming houses become of late that
country men were almost afraid to pass the
streets; and TO show the ext ent TO which this
practice has gone, he mentioned the fact thai
not long since the British Consul had been en-
ticed into gaming den, and when he dis
covered where he was, and demanded that the
door should be opened, so that he could leave,
the demand, for a time, was refused, the par
ties insisting that he should play.
Where men voluntarily Ell ter gaming houses,
with the hope of winning money, no one
sympa with them if they lose; but where
traps are set, and strangers caught and heeced,
the trappers ought TO be punished 70 the ex-
tent OF The law.