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Tse Leung states: -I was a watchman in the Wa

Lane gambling house at No.2. I was engaged by San Yin. I was employed for 4 years as watchman. I have myself gambled in

No. 2 Wa Lane. I have gambled there more than 10 times. I

watched at the entrance into Hollywood Road. I was able to

see the people who went to gamble at No. 2. There were tradem

and all kinds of people. There were 44 men employed in the

house. There was one lot of beads used. There were 5 places

for staking. The gamblers who had more money staked more and

those who had less less. The least stake allowed was 20 or

30 cents. The largest stakewas 201 dollars. The stakers of

cents and stakers of collars would stake in the same place

on the table.

I know the Inspector present. He is Inspector

Stanton. I have known him more than 10 years. When I have

been on watch at the entrance to Wa Lane I have seen Inspec-

tor Stanton. He was passing by. I saw him almost on alternate

nights since the beginning of the year. There were other

watchmen besides me helping me to watch. There were 3 others.

Their names were Luk Son, Yeung Fat and San Tsat. We 4 watch -

ed at the same time. The Inspector never spoke to us. He

never drove me or any of the others away. The Inspector has

never visited the house.

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