Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Chinese Gamblers Acquitted September 22, 1908
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com July 5, 2008, 9:36 am

Morning Oregonian September 22, 1908
Jury Disregard Instructions Of Ciruit Judge Frazier
Notwithstanding the instructions of Judge Frazer in a gambling case tried 
before him,in which four Chinese were the defendants,the jury returned a 
verict of not guilty.Judge Frazer told the members of the jury that the 
statute makes it the especial duty of the Sheriff to arrest persons who 
violate the gambling laws,and that the jurors shoul dnot let their opinions as 
to whether gambling was right or wrong influence their verdict,but should rely 
solely upon the evidence. The men were accused of playing chuck-a-luck,a dice 
game. The jury by its verdict evidently meant that it does not consider the 
evidence sufficient.This makes out of five erson tried only one conviction.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/newspapers/chineseg298gnw.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/

File size: 1.3 Kb