The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-19
COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS
The First Keno Case Before This Court Sum-
mary Punishment Tor the Gamesers-
Judge Bowling Determined to
Put q Stop to It
Before Judge Bowling.

Twenty.nine cases OF "A. 4 b. Up. LIZ ana
"Abandn confronted Judge Bowling yesterday morn.
ing on the calendar OF the COlr OF Special Sessi0na
The initials and aDbrcvlations represent the terms
assault and batterYn ''petit larceny" and atan-
Comment" The first two charges are exceedingly
requent, and the last, although by lar too common.
cannot be said to appear often the others. On
such as does not often appear In this Court. Th4s
was q case in which the propretOrs Of
AKEsO GAME
were arraigned for running an establishment at
l65 Crosby street. When 1t was announced tnat he
trial was that OF Keno game owners, there seemed 70
be general sensation throughout the court room.
The crowds on the becches-comprising complain
ants police officers, curiosity seekers oafer5 and
loungers or all soris-bustled themselves up into
good hearing positions, while the prisoners toOx
their stand at the bar. The prisoners were two
young men named Judd and Dempwoif neither Of
them remarkable lor any special traits Of character
or countenance.
Captain Walsh and two OF his officers appeared
against the prisoners and testified as to how The
RAID had been made on the establishment, and that
there were some twenty or more men engaged IN
the delectable occupation Of placing common
BUTTONS ON NUMBERS
on CARDS In front OF Them while the prisoner Judd
swung o large box on plvoGs and called out the
numbers from the balls that dropped from the Dox
at the end OF The twisting. The officers had seen
the crowd, the wheel, the money and The mea; had
never heard vi any body winning anything, and did
not know OF anybody losing anything at this partcu-
Counsel for the prisoners asked to have the prs
oners discharged, as there was no evidence OF any
gaming at which money was LOST ana won being
Judge BOWLING interrupted the doughty little
defender ard said, 'Wnat IS the use OF counsel
standing up here to tell magistrate That there u
no evidence, when tie has Just nearu ~ aud every
body in the room has heard It. IL Is simply Trying
TO Insult mans intelligence TO make such state-
menL"
CoUNsEL-Your Honor, the law Is very ear
Judge So IS , vnn sIia whai
have you to say why sentence should not 10 pro-
Prisoner JUpD-Tve only been in the business .
week or TWO. never was IN 1t before. was 0ug
OF work, and got chance at TINS place TO do some
Prisoner DEMPwoLF said he mad moth ng TO say.
Judge DowLNG-This game, as far us can learn,
is most dangerous, because young boys ana poor
Prisoner JuDD-We never had any bows IN there;
vi JUDGE pow LII but If they came in and
paid their money. you wouldn't turn them Out
JUDp-We would not lev them IN.
they were mostly business uien from the heignoor.
hornood we found IN there: men pretty wen 70 uo'
and was astonished to see them there
COUNSEL hoped the Court would take into con-
sideration what Captain Walsh had stated.
consideration. in take into consideration tnas
the public are crying out against suce
places as this Louvre. This Is the nrSt Oh
these cases that has come before TINS Court. me
parties arrested on similar charges heretofore nave
been smart enough TO elect 10 De tried AZ the Gem
eral Sessions where they have to 20 through the
Grand Jury and the District Attorneys office, where
the papers can be
CONVENIENTLY SHELvED
and no more heard ABOUT It, l am determined to
break this thing up Gs far can, aud in considers
ton OF what been said will give the prisoners
each six months in the Pcnitentlary and tine them
$3.50
At the announcement Of the judgment there was
very pcrceptble sensation and an audible 'wncw"
from several parts OF the room.
The other cases were generally OF nature scarcely
worthy OF publication.