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Embezzlement in the Evening Star, 1880 & 1900

THE TABLES WERE TURNED

Item

Title
THE TABLES WERE TURNED
Source
The Seattle Star [WA]
Date
1/29/01
page
3
Identifier
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wa/batch_wa_indianplum_ver02/data/sn87093407/00211107303/1901012901/0104.pdf
Crime
Assault
Subject
young man; gambling
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender (4)
Race of alleged victim
Greek
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
trial
Location
in state; Seattle
Length of story
84
Description
Eddie Harrington, Ralph Burnington, Sam Jones and Richard Lee, of 16, 17, 18, and 19 years respectively, arrested Saturday afternoon on a charge of assaulting George Malanaos, a Greek, who has a fruit stand on the water front, were fined $1 and costs by Judge Cann this morning. It developed during the trial that Malanaos permitted the boys to play a dice game in his store. Judge Cann ordered the prosecuting attorney to draw up a complaint charging Malanaos with permitting minors to gamble.