Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-14
Police Court Business.

In the Police Court yesterday w. C.
Fetch, charged with violating the health
! ordinance, had his case continued till the
Goth. D. Haley, J. Edwards and Tom
Shields, the young men who were arrested
the night before in All Wings opium den,
were each fined Sl5, with the privilege OF
! going to jail for that number of days, and
! the proprietor was given a dose OF double
those proportions.
The case of J. D. Smith, charged by w.
A. Caswell with keeping adisOrderiy house
! on X street. between Third and Fourth,
| was tried before jury. Pending the argu-
! lnent OF the case a recess was taken until l
! o'clock, when the Court reconyened and
! the case was argued and submitted The
chief argument by the defense was that
! smith Is not the proprietor. but only an
! employe Of the place. The jury was out
| less than an hour and returned verdict of
guilty.
The next cases called were those of All
! Gong and All Dick, proprietors and dealers
| OF the recently-conducted tan games on l
street
Chief Jackson recognized All Dick as a
man whom he saw dealing the game, and
! the other as having been arrested III the
room IN which the game was conducted,
Officer Farren identified All Gong as an
| individual whom he had seen dealing the
game.
| There being no defense offered, and the
case submitted the Court held the prison
| ers 10 answer before the Grand Jury, with
| bail in the sum of $500 each.
! The other twenty-four defendants were
/ then called into the Courtroom, and for a
| time il looked as if Chinatown had taken
| possession of the Court c. I. Jones an
nounced that lie appeared as counsel for
| these twenty-four visitors upon the tan
game, and for them would plead guilty,
waive time and take sentence then. He
stated that there was every reason to be-
! lieve that the defendants would not again
! violate the law in respect 10 gaming, and
! haped the Court would not be severe in
| awarding sentence.
Judge Henry instructed the Interpreter
| to inform the assembled horde OF Mon
{ gOlians that it was a foolish piece of bust
I ness on their part to attempt TO conduct
illegal games by erecting barricades in
| tended to keep the police at bay; that no
such barbados would be respected, and
| they must understand, at once and finally.
that the officers will enforce the law, and
If necessary, batter down any stronghold
within which an attempt may be made to
violate the law. He then ordered iudg-
ment entered in each case in the sum of
! $50 and costs.
Robert WEIGH against whose name stood
charge of vagancy was next brought
before the Court. The City Attorney stated
that the young man, who was reared in
Sacramento, was DESTROYS of going away, in
the hope Of procuring employment and
leading an honorable life; at least he had
so assured him, and he (the City Attorney
was willing that the young man should
have chance. Welch was questioned by
| the Court, and reiterated the statement
made by him to Mr.. Anderson, and in con-
sideration Thereof, and the fact that he had
never been connected with any crime, the
Court allowed him to depart
All Chung hard-looking Chinaman,
was sentenced to ninety days in the County
! Jail for vagrancy