A QUIED GAME OF POKER.
iNTOKRitJITTED BY POLIOE
TAXI A,^ GAftfiBiLING DEN,
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Ou Saitiurdiay a surprise" visa't was ! paid to Ftfafbersitoii S:t. taxi , v sitiaji:d by 'Constable* Thompson and ■ -* _SBiisi 11.----nomi, witih thei result that a-' quiet little siairne of poker was bro'higihit loj '.a sudden conclpaion.. liii a closed' in oar, .six 111 en" were .so. absorbed! ifi this fascinat'inip; but forbidden past L time, that' one Octes'talble 1 was o'aTmly cotllesitinp the cards' ami ■ anowey while the o*her was taking, their ■riiames before. tiluey vpere aiwme of the in'tTusiom.. The police have had' knowledge for •same time thiat; gamblfar";" was :l\-. diilnfed in to a considerable exftient,, 'but in. their preiviotu® raid®, .'the par•tioipaiuts'hjad always be'en wnrmedi of the Constables' approach, by scouts, and jn.«jfcead ofcard^ aiiid mbn^.the police would! find" tire ' mcxi lla 1/ aisdie'eip 01* & \s& refad)in«r ii,6rels.'
Tho offeiidei^ ■will be 'ehnrjred'' wiitli coralmitit|bot. a^breialch ol the (^wuinq ;Afct,::. ajidl,;t|^., baste-Vill fe ; a : ncgroij one, iii.:thatv itli^.tjli^/'firs.t: nri-esSj* r>t' its kind.to b© mladb iiv the Dcfmiin'ion.
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Thames Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 14665, 20 April 1915, Page 5
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174A QUIED GAME OF POKER. Thames Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 14665, 20 April 1915, Page 5
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