A regular feature looking back at what was being printed more than 100 years ago in the Bristol Daily Courier. This week’s entry comes from the April 5, 1920 edition of the newspaper.
Crap Game In Theatre Is Soon Ended
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Four arrests were made during the Easter holiday in Bristol.
Three of the prisoners were charged with breaking into and entering the Colonial Theater building and then conducting a crap game, while the fourth was slated as drunk and disorderly.
The three Italians, James Palermo, 307 Pond Street; Samuel Chaffer, 600 Wood Street; and Patsy Fields, 216 Franklin Street; were arrested after they had forced their way into the Colonial Theater building yesterday and were forming the nucleus of a good-sized crap game.
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The officers took all three to the police headquarters and they were given hearing before Justice Kraft. Each was found guilty and paid a fine and costs amounting to $5.35 each.
John Roman, of Lafayette Street, was arrested while under the influence of liquor. He became disorderly but not to the extent of revealing where he had purchased the intoxicating drink. He was heard before Magistrate Kraft and found guilty. The sentence was $13.10.
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