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depot
which the account Brooks, pledged
property, and lists of persons
in receipt & hush
money
respect of the gambling houses,
were
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Rep.h
Wa Lane and
Cheung Sha Wan (also known as Cheung Sing Fruit or Chung Sing Frut, and sometimes referred to as part of a broader area) were known to me
as places in which gambling
had been carried on from time
to time during the past three
years.
But as the houses in
these streets had been frequently raided by the Police, with the
result that when arrests were
made
only
classes of the poor
coolies of
the premises & small amounts of money were seized, I confess that I had
come to regard these localities
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as frequented for gambling
purposes by coolies only.
Enclosure B. 4-
attaches a list show-
ing the number of Warrants
under the Gambling Ordinance
executed in both these streets.
Since February 1893 with the
results in each case. In 194
Bet
Enclosure C I called for a special report (copy I enclosed and marked C); from
Inspector Bather, who was in
charge of the district in which Wa Lane & Cheung Sing Frut
are situated. On the 15th of October
(same year)
I wrote to the owner:
of 4o 4 Wa
Lane to
give
him notice that
if the house were continued
to be used as a
common gaming house I should take proceedings against him
under
the law.
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