State v. Wong Took

Wong Took, Wo Foo, Lee Sing and Quon Yin were jointly informed against for operating, on or about February 11, 1927, what the information says is commonly known as a Chinese lottery, “a scheme for the distribution of money by chance among persons who paid a valuable consideration, to wit, various sums and amounts in lawful money of the United States for the chance, at a place situated at No. 200 Third Avenue So., in the city of Seattle, said county and state.” Three of the defendants were convicted by one jury and the other was convicted by another jury. All of them have appealed and present…