John Franklin and Henry Johnson arrested for gambling
- Title of the report
- John Franklin and Henry Johnson arrested for gambling
- Summary of report
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The deponent [James R. Bennett] - a police officer - entered a premises on West 134th Street, whereupon was led into a room by defendant John Franklin. There he found "about 35men... seen of whom were seated at a table engaged in a gambling game or game of chance known as "Poker."" The deponent purchased chips off of the defendant [a Black man named Henry Johnson], who was an organiser of the game.
- Source type
- DA's Case File
- DA report
- D114558 (1917)
- Source date
- March 18, 1917
- Charge - initial
- Policy
- Judicial outcome
- Remanded (Bail)
- Judicial outcome date
- April 17, 1918
- Sentence
- 0
- Pages scanned
- 5
- Report deleted
- No