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Show GAMBLING CASE IN CITY COURT j Witness Tells of Alleged Games G-oing on Above Grill Cafe Replete with the Jargon of an habl-l i ue of gambling resorts, the trial of Frank Mainly, alias Manila, lied KlleyJ Prank Boyer and H. D. (Frenchy) 'aron. began in the city court this! morning They .ire charged with con-j ducting a gambling house above tho! Hrlll eafe, 264 Twenty-fifth .street. Following the testimony of Louts, Johnson, 2S66 lirant avenue. Btarl witness for the st.ite, the loiirt nl-journed nl-journed until this afternoon. Johnson testified that on tho afternoon af-ternoon of September 23 hp had gone to the rons above the Grill cafe where he had seen Bland) and I'aron acting as gamekeepers in what ho termed a stud-poker game. lie testified to seeing both men sell 'hips ind act in the capacity of con-dui con-dui ting t he game TI ltf T Q ME In his direet examination he tes-tifled tes-tifled that he know nothing about gambling, that he was n tvro at thej game and that he merely followed It I for amusement. Under cross-ekamination he admitted admit-ted that he had played In the games on tho afternoon and night in quos-' tlon. Asked by Attorney John O. Wil-I lis wh it he w.is playing he answered J that he was playing "cinches." He-j quested to describe for the benefit of, tho court what "clnche.s" are he gave, a technical description of what In the Jargon of the gambling room is called cinches " explaining In detail. Queried again ns to what he knew .-ihout gambling 'lenled any knowl-l edge of the game, excepting that of a person that could not be rated vvith even having a primary knowledge.' This brought a laugh from the spec- tators that had crowded the court-room court-room to hear the trial OBJECTIONS MADE Objections were made and sustained, by I hp court to questions by Attorney! Willis tending to show that Johnson1 had been arrested for various offenses of-fenses nnd that he had been put out' of the rooms above the Grill cafe by' Mnndy on the s.nme dav for an a 1-1 leged attempt to pick pockets of a coatl that wa hanging on the wall of the i room. Attorney Willis Insisted that h!sl questions went to the credibility of the witness and took exceptions to the rulings of the court. The adjournment was ordered when it became apparent that tho state was unable (0 find one of Its witnesses. |