Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1906-03-03 | Page 10 | Gamblers Forced to Pay

GAMBLERS fORCED TO PAY City Court Renders Judgment in Favor of Wife Loser by Husbands Folly That a husband has bus no right to gam gamble gamble ble away his s money and ard that If he I does so sc his wife may recover it was by Judge Whither in the city court yesterday The c case e In question was brought by Mrs Irs Charlotte Holm Holman against T A Cooke Co proprietors of th the OCcidental saloon to recover 75 which her husband lost last fall faIl Jn In the place conducted b by the defendants I Th The court found from the eVidence that ro 50 of the money which the husband gambled away belonged to his hig wife wie be dause ause she had entrusted It to hIm to pay certaIn and bills Judgment was accordingly rendered for 50 O in favor of the wIfe She was unable to show that the additional 25 which her husband lost at play belonged to her The couple had I been becil married only a short time when th the husband risked his substance at play