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BOOKMAKER DAVIS CONVICTED. Washington, D. C, November 14. The case of bookmaker William Davis, of New York, was decided adversely to the defendant today by the jury after being out for something" over an hour. The defendants attorneys had filed a motion that the jury be directed to acquit on the grounds that the facts presented by the government do not constitute a violation of the anti-gambling law. Tills motion was today argued at length and denied. Prayers were submitted, after which the case went to the jury. There is a bookmaking and pool selling statute which prohibits bookmaking Inside of Washington or within one mile of the city. As Benuings is outside Hie one-mile limit, betting at the track could not be reached under that law. Proceedings to test the power of the police to stop betting at Bennlugs were therefore Instituted by District Attorney Baker under sections 805 and 868 of the District Code, which prohibits setting up gaming tables anywhere in the District of Columbia. The contention of the government, which was sustained, was that Davis is a bookmaker and had his place of business at Benuings and that while he had ho book he occupied a specified place and received money at odds which were exhibited on different horses, and that this brought him within a purview of the statute prohibiting the setting up of a gaming -teifole.
