Pil Lopes and Joseph Schofield arrested for gambling

The deponent [James R. Bennett] - a police officer - entered a premises on West 136th Street, whereupon he found "20 men, 7 of whom were seated at a table in the center of [the] room engaged in... a game of... Poker." The deponent was let in by one of the defendants [a Black man of about 30], while another [a Black man of about 42] sold him chips and took proceeds from the winnings of each game. The deponent returned the following night, whereupon a third man [a Black man of about 40] was acting as the "chip seller."

The deponent [James R. Bennett] - a police officer - entered a premises on West 136th Street, whereupon he found "20 men, 7 of whom were seated at a table in the center of [the] room engaged in... a game of... Poker." The deponent was let in by one of the defendants [a Black man of about 30], while another [a Black man of about 42] sold him chips and took proceeds from the winnings of each game. The deponent returned the following night, whereupon a third man [a Black man of about 40] was acting as the "chip seller."