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Show IT IS NOT ROBBERY TO COMPEL RETURN Judge Tanner Eules That Loser of Money at Gambling Is Not Criminal Crim-inal In Forcing Restitution. Recovering by force money lost in a panihlii: venture loes not. constitute robbery, according to a ruling made by Judge. X. H. Tanner in police court yesterday. John Leveutis, a Greek, arrested in Bingham, recently by deputy sheriil's. was charged with robbing li. IS. l'rnce of $300. The robbery is alleged to have taken place in January, 1012. 8ince that time Leveutis had gone to his native na-tive eonutrv and served in the Balkan war. He was arrested upon reluming to Tiingham. According to the evidence brought out., the. Cirei-k lost. &;u0 t ltrwv in a gambling game and afterward took the I monev awav from liruce. A movement for tlm dismissal of the case, made by the attornev for the defense, was sustained sus-tained yesterday by Judge Tanner on the ground that the monev did not lawfully law-fully belong to Druce, though he had won it. |