Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-02
Court DECISION
A KNOCKOUT TO
CHE.FAGAMBLERS
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the runners" or ticket-sellers. and
now that Judge honsarrat has held
that, in effect. these runners assist
and maintain" the game, they can be
driven out Of the illegitimate business
with heavy fines or Imprisonment
Another favorite Chinese game, pal
kan. has been virtually broken up in
Honolulu. say the police. largely be-
cause Of a decision or Judge Monsar-
rat several months ago. to which at
tention was drawn in the Star-Bulletin
when ii was made.
=: There isn't d pai-k2u game Of any
size running in Honolulu now" said
McDuffle this morning The police
now have something to go on in a
campaign against che.fa and this deci-
sion viii help TO break it up"
McDufhc said roaay That the che-fa
Ell idemic has. broken out within the
past two months and that it has taken
considerable time to get evidence suf-
ficient to secure a court conviction.
Attorney Chillingworth declares that
the lower courts decision will be sus.
tanned on tho appeal since it is GER
tainty the ticket-sellers contribute to
the support of the game or banker"
they represent.
The ah iun case has been under
consideration by Judge Monsarrat for
several days. The evidence showed
that one K. Kane paid All Lun Is
cents for two .'che-fa words" Kane
was arrested by the police about that
time with the tickets in his possession
On cross-eXamination Kane testified
that he had received no winnings on
the words, but the prosecution proved
that the words were those used in
the che-fa game.
The defense offered no evidence and
moved to discharge All Lun on the
ground that no evidence had been ad
duced Of assisting or maintaining a
che-fa game. The case was argued
and the Judge took it, under advise.
ment, later holding that the evidence
was sufficient. This morning after
further study Judge. Monsarrat reaf-
firmed his decision, definitely declared
that sufficient evidence had been
brought to find All Lun guilty and i'm
posed the heavy fine of $3.50. Attor-
ney Rawlins will contend on the ap-
peal, it is understood, that there is a
statute covering the selling of the.
gambling tickets and that the China.
men had not been found guilty of as
sisting and maintaining game.
Gamesters Lose Another Fight.
Another fight by the devotees of che
ia was lost yesterday afternoon when
an all-afternoon session Of the police.
court resulted in the imposition of
fines aggregating $410. A bevy of &C
cused men were tried and in nearly
every case Deputy Attorney Chilling
worth won conviction. The session
did not end until $40 o'clock At
this session Judge Monsarrat held that
admissions of evidence about games
could not be made unless the prose-
cution first proved the existence of
the games in question. Deputy Attor-
ney Chillingworth said today that he
agreed with the judges attitude. He
also took occasion to praise the judge
for his rulings yesterday, which, he
said, will help greatly to stop gam
bling. Ill.
incidentally, Judge Monsarrat today
let it be known that he is going to
break up as much as possible the de-
lays. in cases due to many continu-
ances. There has been considerable
complaint OF the dragging of trials
The judge said from the bench today
that continuances will be granted
hereafter only, for very good reasons.