Bruce Forrester arrested for gambling
- Title of the report
- Bruce Forrester arrested for gambling
- Summary of report
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The deponent [James R. Bennett] - a police officer - entered a premises on East 134th Street, whereupon he was led into a room by defendant Bruce Forrester. There he found "five [Black] men and five [Black] women. 3 of the men and 4 of the women being seated at said table in the centre of said room engaged in in a... game of... "poker."" The deponent observed that the defendant picked up 25 cents from each game, as his share of the winnings.
- Source type
- DA's Case File
- DA report
- D114634 (1917)
- Source date
- March 15, 1917
- Charge - initial
- Gambling as a misdemeanor
- Judicial outcome
- Plead Guilty
- Judicial outcome date
- April 25, 1917
- Sentence
- 0
- Pages scanned
- 5
- Report deleted
- No