The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-16
THE JUDGE REPEN1S.
He Reverses Himself and Sets
Aside q Plea Of Guilty.
Caught In the Act, One Il Acquitted,
Though He Pleads Guilty. An
ofherss Fine Is Remitfed.

Judge Glasgow sieriasixed his return 10
The bench OF the municipal cosrx yester-
1ay afternoon By rendering two decisions
that are causing 10 end of criticism
among the city detectives The eases were
not important on account OF the rnagni-
tude Of the crimes Involved. bat the Judge
after nndIng man guilty Of gambling
has reversed his own decision and ia the
second case has thrown ease out Of
court where The man consented 20 plead
guilty on condiiaf that certain other
gambling cases where the evidence was
weak should be dismissed
Last Thursday night Chief Rogers. De-
tsetiyes Phiibrick. Cssiihee. Hart and Of
acer Barbee raided an establishment kept
BY Aoy Lung In the one-ssory brick b1:id-
Ing on Washington between South Third
and South Fourth streets. and gathered
In twenty-five Cinnamon who were
crowded into small room.
II was a double assault and worked Sue
csssfuliy, but the racket made by the
Cinnamon as they ran under tables and
Owed into hooks and corners In a vain at
tempt TO escape and chartered wildly
could have been heard several blocks dis
fant. Chief Rogers and Cudihee went In
the front way. while Detectives Phibrfck.
Hart ard Officer Baroee took the back
door. The Ghinamen tried to conceal a
lot OF tickets marked Nv. Y.-f1 W Us"
sone coppers. few nickels and some sil-
yer, but were partly unsuccessful
Ten OF the uniueky Cinnamon did not
Get bonds ami we're compelled to He I'm
the city jail ali Thursday night. When
they and their more fortunate companions
were brought into court yesterday after
noon and arraigned before Judge Glas-
gov, VINO has just returned from Ofyn-
pia. some one remarked that Chinese New
Year must have broken loose once more
The defendants demanded separate
trials 80 the city Decided 10 go ahead
with the casse OF All Toy. who .as pointed
out by the raiders as one of the dealers
o. the poker game. Phiibrick and Hart
claimed that by looking through win
doWs the curtain being up two inches
from the sill. they saw All Toy dealing
the cards. When the rush was made ali
Was confusion. and Everything In the
room was topsy-turyy when the officers
actually got into the room. Chief Rogers
told OF taking lot OF the tickets de-
scribed from All Toys waist band and
also described how the Cinnamon tried
TO destroy all such tickets
An Toy was the only witness In his own
behalf and he openly admitted that there
wks poker game going on. but said that
u was Tor fun. or. as he termed IT, to see,
VINO would pay for bread. Judge Glasgow
nned him s. and costs for gambling.
The twenty-one other cases then came
up. and finally Acting City Attorney
DE Braier and w. s. Fulton. who repre-
scented the Cinnamon. agreed TO a COM
promise. Moy Lung. the proprietor of
the establishment. was 10 plead guilty.
provided the other twenty Cinnamon
should be dismissed. The city attorney
stated that he was afraid his testimony
IN the twenty cases wherein gambling
was alleged was rather weak and scat
fertng. To try them one by one would
take up long time and he thought IL
best to move dismissal as the attor-
ney for the defense had agreed that tn.
proprietor would plead guilty to conduct
Ing the place IL. such action was taken.
Dir, Fulton said he was wiling to have
his client enter such a plea IL the twenty
gambling cases were dismissed Judge
Glasgow then dismissed the Cinnamon.
who flied out OF court In single flc
Then the judge. instead % finfng the
proprietor and thus winding up the whole
matter, ordered the city To make a state
mont Of facts I'm the proprietor.s case.
Chief Rogers then explained how the
gambling house had been running for
two or three weeks and was considered a
gambling resort. He said that the pro-
rrietor used 20 be storekeeper. After
the chief had finished hts statement
Judge Glasgow said he did not think
there was sufficient evidence 20 convict
the proprietor.
why, he has already pleaded guilty.
Interrupted ne Bruler
That doesn't make any difference" put
In Fulton. ''the order of the fudge IN
hear testimony sets aside the plea.
well. ind the proprietor not guilty
said the Judge
Then ne thought a moment and told
Clerk Crawford TO let the Chinaman he
had already fined 80 free. as he had con-
cludee TO reverse his decision