The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-03

for continuing Them AMI too numerous 10 be recapituisted Ia
Tins place, Can it therefore consist win the law Oh .;on'
to concur in so ubiquitous and injurious a system, ron q a. val rn
lawful for two or three men to cast lots for a sum of money, or
to game in any other way. is much more strongly Gonclusive
he stsenation in a great measure Of every other business
sinful in the adventures for every Individual stakes at least
Providence may he called chance"
To an observant citizen the conviction comes
home that gambling is becoming quite too fire.
quent and open, we might say fashionable, for
the good of the State. During the last fall sea-
son it was openly carried on in places of
public resort. In one place we saw the highest
and the lowest of the land engaged in gambling
for lottery tickets, possibly without a thought OF
doing wrong, or of the example they might be
setting to hitherto innocent persons.
We hear from time to time of organized raids
by the police upon Chinese gambling dens, and
of the capture and punishment of the offenders.
What consistency is there in Furnishing the gam
bier who stakes a cent at a time and openly per-
hitting others to wager their dollar?
The Judge of the Municipal Court. San Fran
cisco, which is a criminal Court, in his charge to
the Grand Jury, called attention to the Act of
Apfh 2ttns ACOI, u PIOhloie OIIOiICos saying
that the law made it his duty to charge each
Grand jury to inquire into its violations. And
he said, after having properly charged the Jury
on this:
" This Act stands upon the statute books unrepealed, and is
as much the law of the land as any other statute. If you find
that any of its provisions have been violated, you are TO take
such action as is required of you by law in all other cases OF a
violation of the criminal law, regardless Of the purposes in
ducing such violation or the character of the persons offending.
ANY person violating any of the provisions of the Act is de-
clared 20 be guilty of a misdemeanor and any and all moneys,
goods, personal property, real estate or other valuables OF
which a disposal shall be attempted, sought or offered in any
way specified in the Act, is liable to forfeiture TO the State.
And any person purchasing a lottery ticket is permitted by
the Act to recover from the person from whom he purchased
the same. or from his aiders or abettors, the sum of $50 for
every ticket so purchased by him and every person so pur-
chasing and prosecuting shall not, in that case, be amenable to
any of the penalties of the statute, and every deed, convey
ance or transfer of real or personal property made in pursu-
ance of any lottery, as well as all contracts, agreements, or
securities made, given or executed, for or on account of any
lottery, are absolutely and utterly null and void.''
This, it is said, has created some excitement
among Mercantile Library lottery ticket vendors
and holders, for they know not what is to come
of it. A thousand men there may be indicted
and general chaos reign for a while. The jury,
however, declined to respond to the judges charge,
and bring in a bill indicting the lottery.