Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-20 | Page 7 | 13 Sentenced for Operating Lottery

1 13 SENTENCED fOR OPERATING LOTTERY SANTA FE N. N M M. Nov 20 P IP- Thirteen men who were charged by the government with operation of ot a counterfeit lottery scheme designed to get the other fellows fellow's money without giving him a ghost of a show to get it back were sentenced here yesterday esterday following ling their conviction of using the mails to defraud Nine were convicted by a jury jury on one pleaded nolo nob and three pleaded guilty They were accused of operation o of sweepstakes lotteries with counterfeited counterfeited counter counter- felted tickets under the name of th the International Sweepstakes tion 1 Jack Michelson l reported head o othe of the group received the heaviest penalty penalty pen pen- pen pen-I alty of two years in prison and a fin fine of Ju Justice tice of Peace C. C L. L Riland Rut lUll and Pete Chavez both of or Albuquerque Albu Albu- querque were sentenced to one year yea each and fined Jack Cleary Albuquerque was sent to the pern peni peni-I for one year and Joe Dunn Duane of El EI Paso was fined 1000 and placed I Ion on probation for two years Harry I Benjamin Albuquerque was placed on probation for two years R R. G. G Dulin and Tommy Harmon Albuquerque received year one-year prison sentences Charles Potter Chicago Charles H. H Mayer New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and Hal San FrancIsco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco were fined 1000 each and Charles Snodgrass of Dillon Mont was fined E. E N. N Howard Kansas Kansas Kensas Kan Ken sas City who pleaded illness was wa placed on probation for two years Curtis Cannon Little Rock Ark a state legislator was the only defendant defendant de de- de- de to be acquitted Charges Charge against three others were dismissed I I before the trial began