The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-27
MONG0LIAN Law BREAKERS.
The City Jail Filled With Cinnamon
Last Night.
An Opium Vender Who Wants to Know
What Licenses are for-Stone
Floors for Beds.

Police Captain Bradley and officer Cox
and struck lead of Chinaware which
! they worked industriously and appar-
emily with success.
About half-past 10 o'clock they ran
upon an opium den in full blast and cap
tured the boss and six of his visitors.
Having disposed Of them they went out
over the same track and in about seven
minutes and half brought three more
into the police station from another joint.
Their next attempt was also a success,
for in six minutes approximately they
came in with three sleek, fat and oily
looking specimens whom they caught in
a lottery den. One was the "bossee,"
another was buyer Of ''tlickets" and the
third was witness.
Then they went out again, and Night
Jaller Frank Rider heaved sigh and re-
marked:
81 hope to the Lord those fellows won't
run IN any more Cinnamon Tonight
There are no mattresses in this internal
institution, and the prisoners already in
side will have to choose between sleep
ing on bare iron bedsteads or cuddle up
on the stone tlOor.'
down to the task of entering the names
! Of the last batch of guests on his register
When III came the same officers with
another trio and an opium smoking lay
out.
Holy Smoke! Captain" cried the
Jaler, Can't you give US rest? What
under the sun am 1 to do with these
prisoners? There is nothing for
them to sleep on! We are out of
mattresses, and have been kicking about
1t Tor weeks, but can't get them. This is
no place to put men, with nothing to lie
down upon ~
But i'll they went with the others. and
when the. reporter left the officers had
| gone out IN search OF another "pOck ct :"
One of the men arrested was Song Sing.
who runs an opium joint on | street, be-
| tween Second and third. He made a
great roar when brought in, and pulled
from his inside pocket a city license
which he said he had paid for and under
which he supposed he was entitled to run
his Opium-hOuse.
Nv hat kind OF place do you keep"
he was asked.
My place.! [ kip op'm housee-sell
um op'm, smoke um, all same ~
And, sure enough, there was nothing in
the license 10 show that Sing conducted
anyg other kind of business. Captain
| Bradley said it was an opium den. pure
made of carrying on any other kind OF
/ business in the place. The license reads:
| STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ! C,u,--
! County Of Sacramento III i1iofNsts' 20.
SACRAMENTO, July, 1892,
! Song Sing having paid into the City Treas
ury So fees due the city after the first fifteen
| days OF eacn quarter, city license is hereby
| granted to him to transact the business of
--- in the city OF Sacramento from
| August list to October 1st, 1882.
q. 4. PUTNAM
License Collector.
The question arises as to whether or
not it is the duty of the official who
issues the license to inform himself as to
the character of the business to be con-
Quoted under such license.
Is it proper to issue licenses without
| specifying therein what kind of busi-
ness the holder thereof is to conduct?
II a license is issued in blank for So,
what is to hinder the holder from con
Quoting $40 business by virtue of its
| possession?
If the character of the business to be
carried on IS not required to be specified,
why is the blank space provided in the
| license?