Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-27 | Page 1 | Harris Defines Marble Games

1 I HARRIS DEFINES MARBLE GAMES Says Permits Do N Not Nol of License Gambling By AL FERGUSON Denials that Salt Lake Cit City permits permits permits per per- mits legalized gambling and requests requests requests re re- re- re quests by the sheriffs sheriff's office for complaints against owners of ot marble marble marblo mar mar- ble blo machines Wednesday followed on the tho heels of demands by County Attorney Harold E E. Wallace to clean cleanup up gaming devices and bookmaking In the city While City Attorney Fisher Harris Harris Harris Har Har- ris was issuing denials that Salt Lake City licenses gambling tinder under under un un- der its amusement device ordinance sheriffs sheriff's officers ask asked d the count county attorney for complaints against owners of ot five marble machines seized Tuesday The Tho machines were confiscated by deputy sheriffs before they had been formally apprised of Mr Jr Wallace's Wallaces Val Wal laces lace's letter Jetter t to Sheriff S. S Grant Young that d demanded a cleanup and an anonymous communication communication com corn which protested operation operation opera operation opera opera- tion of ot slot machines under the guise they are marble skill ga games es Requests for complaints against Matt Leonettie 31 East Fourth South street L L G. G Latches South Main Jain street and R. R L. L Holt East Broadway vere were mad made of ot th the tho county attorney by Deputy Sheriffs Larry Carrigan and J. J E. E Scheib They reported the three men permitted the marble games which Mr Wallace questioned as legal amusement devices or games of skill to ope operate ate at the above adI ad ad- I dresses We wish here and now to negative negative negative nega nega- tive the inference that the city has licensed gambling devices under its ordinance of Sept September 26 1934 as amended February 9 1935 said Mr Harris The Thc ordinance provides for sale of ot permits to bo ho affixed to amusement devices which the attorney attorney attorney ney general of ot the state has hold held to tobe tobe tobo be bo legal If the permits have been affixed to machines construed to beI be bo I gamb gambling ng devices that is a policing problem which must be met Because Because Because Be Be- cause the city issues a license for forthe forthe forthe the sale of coal it does not mean that the holder of ot that license is entitled to sell whisky The Tho city attorney pointed out that I Continued on on P Pan B Two I Column One Ono I I HA HARRIS RIS' RIS DEFINES E NES MARBLE GAMES f. f 3 ContInued On One t. t ui tie the imus amusement ment device ordinance It Itself It- It self elf specifically ax an offense t for r hold hoId holders r of amusement am device permit to use use them up upon n machines which violate ordinances nances h heretofore enacted by the city J However the matter of prosecuting ing ring hold holders ri of the amusement de de- vice permits for misuse of the perI permits per per- I J mits mIt will likely have ve to await court I determination as to whether the I m machines seized are gambling deI deices de- de fL I Ices ices I The matter ut Issuing complaints against owners owner of tho five machines already seized by deputy sheriffs was we being studied by Ray Van Cott I Jr and W. W M. M Critchlow deputy i county attorneys