STRANDED ON GAMBLING SHIP
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J^OS A.N UijJLiJba, -lug. a. i More thau LUOU patruns were SLrand- j ed uboard the gambiing sliip iiunKer ' llill ulien ihe poiic.e arresled water taxi pilots ptying to the vessel and cliarged ; them wnh soliciting gauibting i»atronage. Karlier the owuer of the sliip and four associates were eliarged with conspiraey and uulawfuily eondueting a lottery and gambling games. Tiiey were subseguently released on bait of i L'OOl) dollars eaeh. . ■ J Oiiicials asked ihe owner to permit ihe water taxis to remove the stranded ( patrons. JI o refused, saying : ' ' \ ou 1 impounded onr boats, Therefore,' you | inus t get the patrons oli". " The eity : prosecutor then asked the coastguards ' j assistunee in removing them, giving ■ prel'erence to those who were ill. There is pJen.lv of food aboard, bul J there is a iack of chairs. Some of the . patrons dozed standing uj). ! The owner declared tliat he will contest the ease on the ground that the ship ' uas on the liigh seas and not in Cali- • . fornian waters. | l
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 August 1946, Page 3
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178STRANDED ON GAMBLING SHIP Chronicle (Levin), 12 August 1946, Page 3
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