The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-04

-,r q fine of 500 and be impris-
the county Jail for ninety days
On. sentence pronounced by Judge
W. yesterday over J, II. Price,
~-,f-gr who steered J. c. Brecken
Z and through a poker game Friday
.s.~raoa end was charged with gam
g. Tbs court was not inclined TO
r.,f.r- with Price. He said the de-
,l-5gr- rzriured himself. referred to
t.-ras= as robbers and 'himaammers'
SAT down on Prices attorneys, Joe
-5.rmsn and T. A. Walton. an innu-
lille number of times. Their pro
...,. were in vain, and the fiery re-
ennis passed between the lawyers and
.5r court made the proceedings very
fralv from the start.
m. Gambling ordinance was the
.-r- one that would reach Price, ana
b.. fs probably the first gratter ever
I-r-f.-.5 locally without the aid OF
--..er. outside of the victim. Price
-.-5s.l NOT guilty. and Prosecutor
44.+f nut Rrecken on the stand. The
----.- testified that Price introduced
i-r,.f under the name of Gordon on
H. KENYON corner and after walking
---ur8 town for "a time, asked MIN 20
r. with him 60 a room N 5Z6 south
Rain where he price, was TO meet
-4.15 who would identify him in get
trr a check for S4o0 cashed. When
-t.v entered the room, Mr.. Brown
Owed them. and when Price "acci-
F-atal.y' Took up "a newspaper. dis
r.sfra- a 9ark of cards and Two stacks
D. FrHQ and
.fr. GRAY" had been playing and he
Prrrl might have disturbed the
hands" all ready dealt.
Sat Down to Play
Eventually. Gray Brown, Price and
RrrcEen sat down to play, Gray tell
inc RrfUkeu c0nfideutially that If he
didn't get in to- protect him. his friend
Price might lose all his money. SG the
smoker FELL His three queens were
beaten and be- had 81 in the pot. which
Price had said he would repay if he
lost. He was playing Prices money all
Oh. time until this hand, when Gray
objected o. Price passing him money
The s. he put i'm. therefore. was a loan
90 Price When the game broke up,
ErrEen followed Prica around town to
get his money back. They met a law
Yer" friend of Prices who advised that
the matter be- dropped az the penalty
fr gambling. he said, was three years
n tha pen EreCkGl didn't scare. and
finally The two men called on the pO-
Heuau. each to have the other ar
rested.
The important part of BTeCken's tes-
tfmouy t1 the prosecution was that
Price ra'd the man called Gray 81 for
some chips when the game started.
This Was a. prove the charge OF gam
bling
Truss-evaminatio9 by Lippman grew
Tedious Hr failed to shake the Wit
E.e5 -l any material point and moved
FIR the DEFENDANTS discharge. prepar-
ing at che same time TO argue
10 IS useless To argue, said Judge
Lr-1Ey. This man Mil be put on
his defense"
This was but a cinder of the con
ta-~-0n that was 20 came.
But we desire to SHOW said Lipp-
man. that the unCCgT1b1r at@d tesri-
r.E MI an aCcOmpiiCe cannot convict
man,
.aL this man IS not an accom-
Il.a said Judge TimmOny lie has
H-el buucoed. picked mp 10y q robber
500 lha street and fiimiammed. That's
al there is to it,
Does tha bUrt. asked the lawyer.
presume to pass ON this question be-
lore Wa ngt i'm any testimony? Do you
sly This man is 4 nimHgmmer2'
Exactly" said the court. Il am
Hssr- m nothing, but this man VIII
have O. put OH his defense. 1 dem
BIZ evidence sufficient
a Remarkable Defense.
s -.u suppressed Easps and Price
"## r."ll. A most remarkable JhinS
..uIs. Tie took Brecken's expert +
ea.. SD ttI as he knew il and claimed .
o. rs tle sucker himself He said
Broken introduced himself and took f.
Dim a.vut town. finally to the room IN /
question L1 s-e "a friend
While u The ROOM Erecken started .
u Play poker with q man he intro .
4a.-i .n me as Gray he said. Il .
4al play or didn't coach him, but .
e...- him $3.50, which he lost
Price denied everything outside of 3
Ills claimed 10y Breckeu. {
Prosecutor DIehI cuoss-gzamined very /
-aA..-a--L- lie get from Price q SER
.~ .' answers that CUUVuIsed the court
ami Spectators. These were to the eff
~ li le lFricel loaned Bracken
f-.-0' "- am arqualHtanee of one hour
anu t--t lreeAeu had dealt himself
-.. Queens and q pair of aces 10 have
~. -a.t beaten by somebody else.
al. --..-S objected 90 the prosecutor
s..- ..| Oh. conversation Price had
"..- me lawyer. as it was confidential
A--.. OBJ. rule, ] know said the
,...- ... --.S wasn't a LAWYER"
7-........- ..@.I.A'AL was all IN. The
-... .N ..-aHelced an argum' c,
--. ..-.Nen- being an accom-
-.s-.-. .. a. witness upon whose
- .- ---endanI could be con-
O1-ll Was Satisfied.
1 . . .- .. .-@e IA. ana have no hes