Saturday, July 14, 2007

Harry Potter, Other Citizens Deny Gambling Charges

New York, 1905

Will Go on Trial at May Term of Court

ITHACA, April 4. — Five prominent citizens, indicted by the Grand Jury, charged with conducting gambling houses, pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Justice Forbes in Supreme Court to-day and the cases were sent for trial.

They were Charles Groen, former city treasurer; J. J. Galney, merchant; James Dunlavey, Philip Ford, and Harry Potter.

—The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, April 5, 1905, p. 2.

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