Henry Smith and Matthew Matthews arrested for gambling
- Title of the report
- Henry Smith and Matthew Matthews arrested for gambling
- Summary of report
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The deponent [James R. Bennett] - a police officer - entered a premises on Lenox Ave, whereupon he found "15 men, 7 of whom were seated at a table in the center of a large room engaged in... a game of... Poker." The deponent bought chips from one of the defendants [a Black man of about 45], who was also handling the door. The other defendant [a Black man of about 42] subsequently collected 25 cents proceeds from the winnings of each game.
- Source type
- DA's Case File
- DA report
- D114784 (1917)
- Source date
- March 15, 1917
- Charge - initial
- Gambling as a misdemeanor
- Judicial outcome
- Discharged
- Judicial outcome date
- April 17, 1918
- Pages scanned
- 7
- Report deleted
- No