The Penn's Grove record., 1921-10-28
Indicted For
Carnival Gambling
Woodbury. Grand Jury Presents
Two Indictments For
Test Case

The Gloucester County Grand Jury
sitting at Woodbury., finished its la
bors on Monday, and among the larg-
est hist of indictments ever returned,
two were for gambling, alleged to
have been running rampant at carni-
walls thruolt the county all summer.
At the opening of Court a week
ago, Judge K-atzenbach called atten-
ton to the operation of wheels of
fortune and other means of obtaining
money and said the jury should give
particular attention to this matter.
Two of the indictments are against
James P. Logue and John McQuaid, of
East Greenwich Township. The latter
is charged with receiving money from
persons in attendance at a carnival on
a date in September, agreeing to give
a blanket, robe, or other valuable
thing, upon the event of drawing cer-
tain numbers, In a certain lottery,
contrary to the form of the statute.
The indictment against Logue is
similar, naming others from whom
money was received.
Carnivals, produced by novelty COM
panies usually have been popular
for some years, but they ran riot for
tlC PdSL SOiiIliICl, WITCH hIC SOIlpd-
MES, lodges and other organizations
reaped big profits. Wheels of fortune
were the leading feature and people
almost fell Over each other to spend
their money, particularly for the robes
and blankets "for a good cause"
The Penns Grove Record has pub
lished the law against games of
chance months ago, but some in this
,oo,o. TO- 4l,o Ill d., - {1zI,, loy,
net" that when it is done for "a
good cause" it justifies the mean of
getting much for little or nothing.
The Cumberland County grand jury
had similar cases called to their at
tention last month and gave warning
what might happen if the case hap
pened again.
The above indictments Will make
some in this region sit up and take
notice that the like may take place
in Salem County at the next term of
Court.
About thirty years ago the gambling
on horse races became SO Infamous in
New Jersey that there was a political
uprising which led to the following
being put into the State Constitution,
Article 4, Section 7, paragraph 2:
9. No lottery shall be authorized
by the Legislature or otherwise in this
State, and no ticket in any lottery
shall be bought or sold within this
State, nor shall pool-selling, book
making or gambling of any kind be
authorized or allowed within the
State, nor shall any gambling device,
practice or game of chance now pro-
hibited by law be legalized, or the
remedy, penalty or punishment now
provided therefor be in any way di-
minished.
The revised crimes act of 1898, Sec
ton 60. reads as follows:
60. All playing for money or other
valuable thing, at cards, dice or other
game, with one or more die or dice,
or with any other instrument, engine
or device, in the nature of dice, hav-
ing one OF more figure or figures,
number or numbers thereon, or at
billiards, or A. B. c., bowls or shuttle
board, or at faro-bank, or other bank
of the like kind, under any denomina-
ton whatever; and all cock fghtlngs
shall be misdemeanors.
The penalty for a m~isdemeanor is
a fine of not over 1000 OF imprison-
ment, with or without hard labor, as
the Court may direct, for a term not
exceeding three years or both.