The Glenwood post., 1906-07-28
GAMBLING CASES
DISPOSED OF
Five Men Enter Pleas of Guilty of
Violating the Law and Receive
Maximum Sentences
JUDGE ORDERS TABLES DESTROYED

been pending since June 90 were taken
up last Monday by Judge Shumate
and disposed of before night. 1t will
looms of the town which had ceased
gambling upon orders from Sheriff
Zimmerman started up their gan es on
Strawberry day. at the time the
proprietors of these places had been
warned by the sheriff that if they
again permitted gambling they would
be arrested and their gambling devices
con6scated.
Accordingly on June 10 the sheriff
raided the Glenwood bar the Mirror
the Topic and the Silver Club taking
from these four places five roulette
tables. The proprietors of these places
were placed under arrest and informa-
tions filed against them charging them
with violation of section 1889 of the
statutes, said section making it a crime
to expose or permit to be exposed in
ones place of business any gambling
devices or paraphernaia and provid-
iHB jan stlttICc anu a DDt VI llolu
5000 to $500.
When the cases were called Monday
G. W barrow, representing the de.
PENDANTS arose and announced his read
mess on behalf of his clients to enter
plea of guilty under section 1910 if
this could be done under the informa-
ton as fled He asked whether this
plea could be accepted by the district
attorney and the court. Mr. Gentry
appeared to demur slightly at first
but stated that he was inclined to be-
lieve the information broad enough to
cover plea of guilty under section
1910 and said that in view of the con
ditions which had heretofore existed
in Glenwood he did not feel like tax
ing an extreme view or appearing I'M
necessarily severe. While he believed
the defendants guilty as charged I'M
der section 1889 he realized that GER
tain portion of the inhabitants, in
Guiding the town officials had sane
toned and encouraged gambling and
to this extent the gamblers had APP
parently felt reasonable security in
the practice.
This he said was no excuse for the
violation of the law but under the cir
cumstances he would recommend the
acceptance of the plea of guilty under
section 1910. Mr. barrow then secured
permission to make a personal state
ment and addressed the court as fol-
lows:
Il desire to announce in open court,
if the court please, that while my ap
pearanoe has been entered for the de-
PENDANTS in these several cases, | am
utterly opposed to gambling in the
town of Glenwood Springs. l desire
to assist the court and the proper off
GERS to suppress gambling in the town;
l have no sympathy with it; l am OPP
posed to it utterly and when these de
PENDANTS came to me, | recognized the
truth of the statement which the dis
trict attorney has just made.
Gambling seems to have been one
of the Oldest institutions that this
town has known. l remember it
was about the first thing / saw when
l came here in 1885, and 1 have lived
here ever since. 1t is unlawful; it
ought never to have existed but local
custom sometimes affects matters of
that sort. These defendants are not
desperados. That they have VIC
lated the law with respect to section
1910. am thoroughly convinced, and
l told them that if they would permit
me to take such action as | saw fit in
their behalf, 1 would represent them
until such time, if the time ever
came, when in accordance with my
feelings, judgment and belief, l would
consider probably that | could not
further properly represent them, In
which event was to be relieved.
"And so 1 now come, if your Honor
please, and say that if this informa-
tion is broad enough to cover Section
1910 and the violation of it, these de-
PENDANTS are ready and now desire to
plead guilty thereto.
81 thank your Honor for permitting
me to make somewhat personal ex-
PLANTATION.
Then the five defendants were ar
raigned and each entered a plea of
guilty, and the district attorney intro
duced three witnesses to thoroughly
establish the claims of the informa-
tion.
Judge Shumate in pronouncing SEN
tence said there was no evidence
whatever Of any mitigating circum-