Show GAMBLING CASE IN COURT question of what the city ordinance defines gambling to be the construction of a sentence in the city ordinance governing the regulation of gambling is engaging the attention att antion of judge mur ghys phys court in the case of J B jones of the turf exchange in the beginning of the ordinance gambling Is used in a broad term to include all manner of games or methods of winning money by chance to make the passage more explicit the next phrase specifies the names and methods ot some of the common forms of gambling in the gaming houses counsil for jones claims that a strict construction of the ordinance is necessary as the court has no power to adi ad i to the braning of a clause approved by the municipal lawmaking body the city attorney affirms that the specification was made as a suggestion to the interpreting court and the magistrate has the right to use own discretion in classifying of a game for gambling 31 authorities were cited aby both sides to prove contention judge murphy ater hearing arguments took atie matter under advisement until tomorrow morning |