Bookmakers In Court At Toronto., Daily Racing Form, 1909-06-05

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BOOKMAKERS IN COURT AT TORONTO. Toronto. Out.. Jane 4.— The City Morality Department is roadacting the crusade which resulted in the snnin lag of most of the Woodbine bookmakers to court today. The charges embodied in the sum mouses are the same in each case— ••Keeping for gain a certain disorderly house, a common betting house." The point on which the prosecution of the Bookmakers will be based is that thev did not keep moving while conducting their business, and that by not doing so they became liable to prosecution under the auti gambling law. Jake Sanders, whose case-was brought before Magistrate Kingsford yesterday, ph idcd sot guilty and was remanded for a week. Among those summoned to court today were: J. M. Cobnut Robert Kennedy. J. II. White. John Loudou. C. B. Walters. Ktlward Austin. F. Slocnm. Edward J. Keatnev. Daniel Donnelly. Frank Bi judaic. K. D. Cahill. M. Crass. l Amlii rhan. N. Wallo. Francis Beer. George Maine. I.. Jackson. Frank W. E-kert. Patrick Movlet. Herbert Bailey. W. A. Armstrong. I". 1. King. Joseph Y eager. John Cahill. John Scullv. M. Harris. Samuel Brady. George Austin, G. P. IJIrkey. B. II. Saunders. George Keller, John I.ee. S. W. Handall and Louis Alhnberg. When the bookmakers appeared in court today. their cases were postponed. Several of them de-filled tonight for New York, including Daniel Donnelly.


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