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then the accused handed out one handful of China cash and then drew them in one at a time; one man does the work and one man does the handling; by the man who does the work I mean the man who pays the bets of those who win and takes in the money of those who lose; there were only two men working at the table; there were three or four money bags but only one was open; there were about 10 people around the table very soon after the game opened; of the people around the table, some of them were looking on, some were betting; they were betting against Lee Heng Yum (the accused); I bet myself; I asked 'Who is boss?' and accused said 'I am boss;' that was before I agreed to bet with him; I bet 75 cents; I bet only once; I bet on the corner of 3 and 2 and I lost; the man who did the work took my money in; his name is Lee Hip Foon; I saw several men bet; the highest bet I saw that day was 2 or 3 dollars; whether they were lost or won I don't know; after I lost my bet I left; I was there about a quarter of an hour; I saw several more bets made besides the two I have mentioned.

Mr. Crease:

My name is Wong Hok Nye, not Wong Hip Lie; I last worked at a cannery last of last September, at English Cannery, New Westminster; I have done no work since I came to town; I do not know Mr. Jackson; I have not worked in a fan tan house for Jackson or for McDonald; I am not engaged by Jackson or McDonald to do fighting; I sleep upstairs over the barber shop; a room in the same house below has been used as a tan house; was last so used two or three weeks ago; I have been in that tan room sometimes; I never worked for the owners of that house; I did not get $2.50

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