"POOL," "SNOOKER," "CHINAMAN"
DO JUDGES KNOW THEM? A scholarly gambling school would have been the first impression any wayward person who strayed blindfold into the Supreme Court yesterday would have obtained. Gaming wp.s under discussion throughout, tho whole day and when afternoon had arrived such terms as "snooker," "pin pool," "devil's pool," "muff's pool," and "Chinaman," rolled easily and gracefully from tho learned Judges, tho reference always being to Section sof the Gaming Act, One learned Judge showed a. thorough knowledge of the fascinating game of pool, and, on more than one occasion, hinted that ho knew the game from A to Z, and would not hesitate to prove this to counsel, but for the fact that "certain young men who thought themselves clever" (turning a severe eye on the press table) would liot let it rest at that.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1101, 13 April 1911, Page 4
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139"POOL," "SNOOKER," "CHINAMAN" Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1101, 13 April 1911, Page 4
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