CHOW GAMBLERS.

NZ Truth, Issue 161, 18 July 1908, Page 5

CHOW GAMBLERS.

A Vanished Moo^ol.

A- section of the yellow agony drifted, with • Oriental grin, through Chpstyhprch S.M-' Court, on Tuesday, whe.n Ah Mo.v. : a Mqngql with a cqunlpßfiance tilfe a nightmare overtaken l^y- a thundeoitorm. was charged with assisting m the management and conduct of ijhs tqttery known as Pak-a-pu. The'^Jim alien, who actually did manage and' conduct the il- . legal 'game, was Ah Te Sqng qr Bru "Tat Yell, but he vanished North, and a. warrant, was issued for his arrest, and • will probably be executed m Hainingstreet, Wellington, or thereabouts. The gambling-den is an ill-kept Vqttage m, Tuam-street, where Pafca-pu tickets were* purchased by Peelers McCormick ancl Sayward. Ah Te Sppg did the sealing, bift Ah Mou buzzed around helping to fix matters up. The policemen returned to the house at three- o'clock m the after-, noon, when Ah Mou was seen coining from a store on the corner of Tuam and Madras-streets. Two Europeans were t present m company with a number oif Chows, and, when- -Ah. IV^qu was. questioned, he' said he held the result of that morning's, bank. His Majesty's guardians stood to win anything up to £75. but when their tickets were compared with the winning characters, Ah Mou said. "No good." with a regretful air. and Yell a Song, whose whereabouts ARE BEING ANXIOUSLY INVESTIGATED, also mentioned, "No good," with the coo of an undertaker sympathising with the ' bereaved widow of a recently-planted cadaver. The policemen purchased other tickets from the absent Ah Howl. Ah Mou lending his moral support to the transaction. 'Tec. Gibson was on hand at the drawing and noted th^ incriminating apparatus and, conduct qf the suspected heathens. For a person of ap- • parent poverty, Ah Mou employed tho most costly legal, advice m Christchujch-, : which was concentrated tq show that this : Ah Person was c_iajs;e<|_ with assisting m r conducting or managing a lottery. whereas the evidence went to prove that Ah Mou assisted m the. sale or disposal of ' tickets', which was not covered by the statute for some reason or qthpr. It was pointed out that the lotteryggps drawn v m a separate building, and,*^^^^fepg,v> whotn Ah Mou was ass«^f^* "^^"^fci^ft rhanaper or conductor* r^S^ This availed: the laji- I was 9neß& £18*&tf****^ \