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Show AMERICAN IS HELD ON LOTTERY CHARGE SHANGHAI, Sept. 11. What la said to be ths first effort to apply to Americans In China the American law prohibiting lotteries is being put forth In the ease of & T. Brown, who was held for trial in the United States court for China, on a charge of violating vio-lating this particular statute. The defendant formerly published the Far Kastern Times at Harbin. In connection with a schema to increase ths circulation of thla publication. It waa alleged that Brown supplied numbered coupons with each copy distributed and then held drawings In which certain numbers won prises of 10 yen each. Acting oa a complaint. Brown was arrested by an American consular official of-ficial at Harbin. When hs waa brought to Shanghai he was held for trial at . hearing before N, K. Lurton, United Unit-ed States commissioner, but waa per mltted to slrn his own ball bond In tho sum of HOP and was released. |