Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-03-04 | Page 11 | Poker Quarrel is Not Legally Slander

t Poker Quarrel Is Not Legally Slander. X 31 Wmm rPI '3KVJII 4 NP.W YORK, March 1 After hearing testimony for thieo diys and 4- fu'jf JJwJal'S 4 llBlcnlnu to a lot of talk nbout poker nnd Its fine points, Justice Coch- fwfl 1jRiiluSlsM 4 rone has dismissed tho JSOOoo Blander suit brought by "Ilud ' Strasberger 4 RiPi RlasWnW 4 nralnst Henry 8 Luwentlul fitrasheiger wanted damnves becnuso he 4 vffil bSchLubB 4 charged I.owenthal with having nprend a story that ho was caught 4- MS W'JStfeiH 4 cheating ut cards ut the Pldello club Oiu hundred and tlfty members 4 'Xji JwClSSiB 4 of tho Pldello nnd 1'roRreBS clubs hnd been BUinmoned to Rive testimony 4- Mf HlB 4 In the suit. The clefance, had provided u poker tublo to Illustrate 1' dde 4- Sjtjui flBsfflBJ 4 nf tha cise. Soon after Ihe tllal was beRun counsel for I.owenthal nsked 4 VnX itUTuni 4 thnt tho enso bo dismissed, on the ground tint btrasbcrser had fnlled to K 'OTjlBjj 4 make out it tase, Judt,e Cochrano sal 1 4 OTMfc'BBISffll 4 'There nte two Important questions presented here. The first Is 4 kMFshBmDI 4 whether tho words ut. red hy tho defendant were slanderous, I do not '4 KjdKuHmHH 4 think thnt tha words constitute a crime. Under that section It Is a 4 IImSB'RsIi 4 nccesstry element thit tho person charged with cheating should win a 4 HXxHviiH 4 sum of money by ten son of his act r should win for another, Tha 4- WBMBfift 4 wnrds uttered by this defendant tn themselves do not Imply that such 4- jEBPlfl 4 was the case.' 4 ranHftjuW T T T TTTTTTTH IH'' iMlCT