The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-03-16
JUDGE SOMERS IN
ELkO GAMBLING CASE

=Lko GAMBLING CASE
somers, passing sentence Jack Maher Eko a
short time ago reported
The statement entirely the question sambn
and goes to the expect;
exceptionally
They have doae everything that lawyers could leg
may 10 S seldom indeed
has such counsel abb Consequently
is great your rights
protected The that neigh
intelligence high want
pleasure the faces
Of men IL feeling they ant
would do and feeling that they would the Law
felt the absolutely
rights would be fully protected Under the circumstances
pleasure to the court to preside where such had the na
20 say, destiny o n e
nearly everywhere against society largely
young apparently gambling
like 1t appeals the people and after entering
spend their which, the end they
chance They absolutely it,
man win little but he loses again lie win large sumsanG
if is e
he will whom
does he win them? From those who cannot afor se; is
children Men sometimes; frequently under influence
eating liquors they
happens gambling rooms are LOCATED
saloons
drink premises,
honed fall easy prev 10 the lure m the gambling e these mon Or
home without their
their wives are suffering in want ter children poorly fed aad ca
and unable school. is d why
gambling
by the man who the wheel
in light that
what offens gambling society
st dos of gambling whmen likely
the home
be1. clothed and there is food in fine borso rh wifi, mil, ~ n,
disposition of the weekly monthly
school, ana the merchants bills will be paid groceries are more plentiful
in the paid the gam
bier rich the poorer Il may seen
who looked the question that i
does On the contrary enury home money witt
draw" from the legitimate nanneslhe money
lavish manner while max
II a hOne yctims tlav
hungry through fault theirs Consequently people
locked this gambling legitimate channel
Of trade money is more plentiful
Gambling morally wrong people over the entire civ
t/ed world legislature this state hp
"aG u" a, a men have atempte
'S and have succeeded in violating Tie law but think
every they a
lrosuns are evidence that the will
he
jury convicted you Mr. Ma,r did not want to find yc
guilty You seem have to be
standing in the town. nobody wants to So. vo, ,on,
e. AMI least Of all the sentence
mach our duty law, any law, would be o.
duty 'ho President the United country n dang
TO shoulder arms and We have to do it,
Maher you capable are an intel
gent BRIGHT man of fine presence sake
form your ways and become back in
uiS community and show them that Jack Maher
few short his trangsed he win show them III
'0' spirit of morality and the spirit OF good citizenship
may be best yet in our state
In view of the Mah is the first pros cut
under THIS law and to demonstrate trying
execute the law and enforce it, not the
"'thoW h"H VIII the
OF the court is that you be confined penena
located Carson CITY, there
year ne term to commence with beginning
Maher want to to within the hearing Of
voice that this is not precedent follow I do not
't Judge labe would consider
DO not consider precedent being IL fiji
case to show the malciously inclined
that they terms of this law But il apoi
CRIME should come before this think
ee would be imposed because has been demonstrated that
vi" be enforced 1t is not the
much this case"