Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-23
THE HERALD SWINDLE.
A Fraudulent and Criminal De-
vice.
The Last Desperate Resort OF a
lettering Tower

The Salt Lake Herald, being without
principle, and possessing no intrinsic
merit of any kind to commend it to the
public, is driven to most despe rate ex
pedients to maintain any sort of circula-
ton. So despicable sheet might nat
urally be expected to resort to any other
than honest and straightforward means
to keep itself from sinking, but it would
scarcely have been supposed that it would
openly attempt to hoodwink and cheat
the people by device at once fraudulent
and criminal. To induce subscriptions
for the worthless sheet it is sought to in
duce the public to believe that what they
do not get in the paper (Which is nothing)
they will get in few worthless articles
put into the chance of lottery 1t is
proper in this connection to refer to chap
ter TX of the "Penal Code of Utah." and
commend the subject to the consideration
of the Grand Jury and District Attorney.
These sections of the law may be read
with profit
"SEc. 16S. A lottery is any scheme for
the disposal or distribution of property by
chance, among persons who have paid
or promised to pay any valuable consid-
Grafton for the chance of obtaining such
property or portion of it, or for any
share or any interest in such property,
upon any agreement, understanding or
expectation that it is to be distributed or
disposed of by lot or chance, whether
called lottery, rattle, or gift enterprise,
or by whatever name the same may be
known"
"SEc. 1859. Every person who con-
trives, prepares, sets up, proposes, or
draws any lottery, is guilty of INSIDE
meanor'
SEC. 10. Every person who sells,
gives, or in any manner whatever, furn-
ishes or transfers to or for any other
person, any ticket, chance, share, or
interest, or any paper, certificate, or in
strument purporting or understood to be
or to represent any ticket, chance, share
or interest in, or depending upon the
event of any lottery, is guilty of mis-
demeanor
Sec. III. Every person who aids or
assists, either by printing, writing, adver-
Using, publishing, or otherwise in setting
up, managing, or drawing any lottery, or
In selling or disposing of any ticket,
chance, or share therein, is guilty of a
SEC. 172. Every person who opens, |
sets up, or keeps, by himself or by any
other person, any Office or other place for
the sale of, or for registering the number
OF any ticket in any lottery, or who, by
writing, or otherwise, advertises
or publishes the setting up, opening or
using OF any such Office, is guilty of a
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"SEc. It's. Every person who let's, or
permits to be used, any building or vessel,
or any portion thereof, knowing that it is
to be used for setting up, managing, or
drawing any lottery, or for the purpose of
selling or disposing of lottery tickets, is
guilty of a misdemeanor"
1t is to be presumed that the Herald
it can be supposed that it ever
knew anything-of these provisions of
the law, and that under them it would
not be permitted to distribute the So
called prizes. This was but part of the
scheme of fraud. Having obtained the
money of the people, this law would be
heir excuse for not parting with their
property as promised. That this part of
he fraud may not be entirely successful.
ct the following section of the statute be
put into operation:
Sec. LA. All moneys and propertv
,fered for sale or distribution in violation
# any of the provisions of this chapter
re forfeited to the Territory, and may be
covered by information filed, or by an
ction brought by the encouragement,
r by any district or county attorney; in
he name Of the Territory, upon the
ling Of the information or complaint, the
Jerk of the court, or if the sllit be in a
lstice's court, the justice must issue an
ttachment against the property men
oned in the complaint or information,
hitch attachment has the same force and
feet against such property, and is issued
the same manner as attachments issued
ON the respective courts in civil cases.