Evening journal., 1917-02-17
CHARGE LOTTERY IN
CAR Ticket Sales
City Judge Hears of Plan
and Profits, Then Con-
tinueS Case
DETECTIVE IS
STATE WITNESS

Deputy Attorney General Green rep.
resented the State IN the City Court
this morning when Patrick Cohan was
given hearing on charge of violat-
ing the State lottery laws in connec.
ton with the sale OF trolley car tick
cts and coupons
Detective Sergeant Green testified
to having purchased a book of coupons
from the defendant at his Office in
the McVey Building. He testified that
Cohan told him that the home Office
Of Frank p. Conway, whose name ap-
peared on all the contracts, was in
Chester, and that Cohan represented
Conway in this city, and that he sent
dhe cash receipts of the office TO Con-
way in Chester.
Detective Sergeant Green testified
to having gone again to the Office in
the McVey Building, and to having
brought the tickets, coupons and
everything else in connection with the
business, to the police station. The
witness identified a miscellaneous col
lection of contract books, tickets
signs, records and other "plunder" ="
Mr.. Green admitted that he had not
tract, in that he had not sold the three
coupons to anyone, and had not Sc
cured his % tickets for 25 cents.
( This caused a vigorous argument be.
tween the attorneys and the court, as
to whether his signature to the con.
tract. whereby he agreed to sell
three coupons to three people, who
in turn would buy three books. when
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I him an agent or a servant or a party
/ to the crime. If crime there were.
Detective Green testified that Cohan
explained the workings of the plan,
as outlined by Cohan TO him. in which
Cohan told the witness that II one
or two Of the persons TO whom he
sold coupons did not return, the ori-
ginal purchaser would not receive
any car tickets at all though he
might buy all additional books him
self. and get his tickets selling the
| coupons afterward.
Cross-e examined by John w. Brady,
attorney for the defendant Detective
Green said that he had not attempted
to sell any of the coupons, in ac-
cordance with the contract
Clarence Bouchet, of Chester. who
worked at the same Office with
Cohan. identified the card record sys-
tenn covering the record of coupon
books sold. He said that when a book
was sold, a record of IL was made
and when coupons were returned, the
numbers were checked off opposite
the number of the coupon returned
and when the last one was returned
the person bringing It in was told I,
inform the person from whom the ori
ginal book was bought. 70 call foI
their tickets. No use whatever wa
made Of the United States mails. h
said The witness said that owe
900 coupon books had been issue
in this city since starting the bust
ness. but was not permitted to stat
in how many cases the three coupons
had been returned. and tickets issued
He said that two days after the
/ started business they we're arrested
He said that the company was alway
1925 per book ahead of the game, AM
that. naturally the more books sol
the more business was done.
Sergeant L. c. King said there wer
l1149 entries on the record cards, an
that they showed fourteen books an
1885 coupons issued He testified tina
the records showed that in 81 case
the first coupon had been returned
forty-one cases showed both No ] an
No. ? coupons returned, 245 in whic
/ all three we're returned. and 764 wit
no coupons returned. Sergeant Kin
said the records showed income @
SS65 25, that the cost of the ticket
issued was s3O625, and that the rec
ord showed a net profit on these "a
y cases, alone, Of 1853.
- The State rested with the testlmon
!, Of Detective King and then the coul
continued the case until Monda
= morning