Arizona republican., 1916-03-15
PANG|NG| |S
 SELF STARTER
Game Involved In First Hearing Under Gambling Charges Not Conducted, Says Defense; Doyle De- cision Today

That a chip was turned over from each players stack every half hour while a game of pangingi Was in prog ress was disclosed in the evidence of the state in the first gambling case to be given a hearing as the result of a raid following dozen or more complaints sworn to by the county attorney week ago. The first case, that of George God frey and Ed Doyle ~was begun before Justice of the Peace De Souza yes terday and while many fine points of law were raised the interest even 1 to interested parties was in the testi- | mony of the witnesses There was Rush Anderson to tell how the game was played and D. H. 'cClintock to raise the point of whether paying to l sit in game constituted 'percen- 1 tage to the house.
 ! Anderson, when licensed gambling was permitted in Arizona was con- nected with one of the gaming houses and told the court how the game was played He explained explicitly how the cards were dealt and told their values. You don't bet on your hand, the hand plays itself he said and the judge used his mallet to 1 still the appreciative laughter 1 No license was collected for pan sinSi when gambling was licensed 1 in this state" he stated Anderson said that the rear room in the Doyle place had been ordered closed by the chief of police in January. He l T. at the time and carried out the order. Immediately afterward he had gone away and when he returned he noted the game in progress
 How did you know it was pan gingi" asked the county attorney.
 By looking at it; there is no other gane like it." answered the witness.
 MT McClintock then took the stand.
 Who conducted the game?' was the first question put to him.
 An objection from Reese NJ. Ling. who represented the defendants said that pangingi was not conducted. that | it was self starter.
 McClintock stated that the chips were sold by Godfrey for from two and a half cents to ten cents and were cashed by Godfrey or the players.
 "A donation was made regularly from the players to Godfrey, 1 should say about every half hour. Godfrey at times called the attention of the players to the clock then they came through with a chip"
 You paid for the privilege of sit ting there just the same as you would pay at the theater or for your pew in church" interrupted 1 MT Ling.
 game occasionally corroborated Me Clintock's testimony
 C. w. Barnett, city assessor and license collector described the Doyle
 place on North Central avenue. He
 told of the room where pangingi was played opening off of the pool room
 MT. Ling asked that the case against MT. Doyle be dismissed and the court took the matter under adviSement He will hand down his decision when the case comes up at ten o'clock this
 morning.
 The state rested yesterday. MT l@HlS Stdteu ldSt eNelllflS tIidl lie WOulu
 not offer any evidence, that he had
 nothing to answer.
 The law recites the games that constitute gambling or similar games and pangingi is not similar"
 This point was brought out wher
 Mr. Ling argued a demurrer to this effect. He contended that his clients were not charged with legal offense
 under the indictment sworn out 1 against them. He was opposed by
 County Attorney Candy and the court 1 ruled with the State. The arguments postponed the actual hearing set fOi two thirty o'clock until four o'clock