Show STATUTES DEMAND ENFORCEMENT OF V V GAMBLING LA LAWS is V Failure to stop stop gambling in Salt Lake cannot be e attributed ted to o lack of laws The Tue legislature of 1911 made gambling a felony in III Utah V The words were plain and there was no mistaking the purport of the la law That law is backed by others tending to make the enforcement t of the gambling measure a comparatively easy matter Owners Owners and lessees of buildings building are arc bound by the Utah laws to aid in tile the enforcement of the tile legislation V Here is lS what the tile Utah law says sas to them V V Section Session Laws of 1911 PERMITTING PER GAMING V VIN IN H HOUSE USE Every erY per person on who knowingly p permits any of the games mentioned in n the preceding section faro monte roulette rou rouge e et noir rondo or any game played with cards dice or gr r any other device for money checks credit or any other representative of f vali to pe be played played conducted or dealt in any house owned or rented by by suc such person in whole or in part and any person who plays at or against any of said prohibited games is guilty of a misdemeanor THE MAN WHO VHO PLAYS ON TIlE THE OUTSIDE OF ONE OF THESE GAMES IS USUALLY ON THE TIlE WRONG SIDE OF THE TABLE lABLE He Hc is a witness for fOl the thc state and cannot claim immunity from testifying by reason of his connection with the game The law lav demands his testimony and guarantees immunity from prosecution tion The law says V WITNESS NOT PRIVILEGED FROM ANSWERING V No person otherwise competent as a witness is disqualified from testifying testifying tes tes- tes t ying as such concerning the offense of gaming on the ground that such testimony may criminate himself but no prosecution can afterwards afterwards afterwards after after- wards be had against him for any offense concerning which he is compelled corn com to testify Peace officers are bound by statute to prosecute persons believed to have v violated the gambling laws On this subject the tho law sa says OFFICERS O MUST lUST PROSECUTE Every Evory prosecuting attorney attorney at at- a torney sheriff constable or police officer must inform against anti and diligently prosecute persons persons persons' whom they have hav reasonable cause to believe offenders against the provisions of p this chapter and every such officer refusing or neglecting to do sQ sois guilty of p. p misdemeanor The fact that card g games gOrnes mes are conducted behind closed doors provides provides pro pro- vides no iio escape for officers of the law rii The de declaration l that t they canu cannot t reach the game with without ut breaking inis is no defense The Ilc city ordinances make it a amis misdemeanor to play cards behind locked doors door The Thc city ordinances follow V An ordinance amending chapter 29 of f the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City Utah 1913 by adding two sections to be ho known as 83 sections s and amending section of same saine ordinance It shall shull be bei unlawful for any person within the limits of Q Salt Lake City to exhibit or expose to view in any locked barred or barricaded house or or room or in ill in any place built or protected in a a. manner to make it difficult of access or ing ingress to police officers officer when three or more persons are present any aily cards c-ards dice dominoes f antan tan table or layout or or any gambling ta table implement or device 1 V V OJ V be i fOl an within the thc limits of S Salt Lake City to visit or resort i to any any such u locked J q r or barrIcaded house or r room or other r I man er to make ke it difficult di fic lt of o e s p police l o c any ny cards l A die cJ dominoes In fan al la tail r f table 7 qi l Jt p pPl ut Pl pi 11 N iUlg l f ver arc Or Orvid r 10 Vi vid view V when hen three c or oi more persons arc are present V Section 2 section of f the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City C ty Utah Ut h 1913 be and the same ame s inc is hereby amended and reenacted re re- reenacted enacted so 50 as to read as follows V V Sect Section on Any person viol violating til gany any of df f the provisions of this thi chapter shall shaH upon conviction thereof be by a fine in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars or by imprisonment in the city jail for a period not longer than thirty days da s The court may in imp imposing s. s ing the Tine line enter cuter as part of the ju judgment that in default of payment t of the fine the defendant may be imprisoned in in 1 the city jail for a period not exceeding thirty days V. V V V Pass Passed d l October 1 1913 |