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1905/9 Rex vs. Soon Ching – keeping a gaming house (Vancouver)

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evening and want to get in, do they all have keys? A. There is the caretaker there and a member has to knock at the door before he is admitted and he can't get in unless he is a member. 321.Q. What are you frightened of that you keep the door locked? A. It is for the purpose of the Members only and outsiders are not admitted. 322.Q. Why do you have this trap door that is at the back fastened down with the hooks? A. Where? 323.Q. At the back of the kitchen that they tried to close down going downstairs? A. That is a private entrance of Sang Lung, and he had it cut a long time ago. 324.Q Why was it open that night? A. It is always open. 325.Q. What for? A. They have a lavatory there and they come up from below and that has been there since they put the building up. 326.Q Is the lavatory down below that(that) they all use? A. There is a very clean lavatory above. 327.Q. They don't need to go down below into that store? A. That door is for the purpose of those below. 328.Q. For the use of those below? Why do you keep the front door locked and not this door locked? A. That must be kept opened because the men, they have to come up. 32 Q. What for? A. To the lavatory. 330.Q. You say the lavatory is upstairs? A. It is on the upper floor. 331 Q You don't need to go downstairs to go to the lavatory? A. They come in from below. 332.Q. Who are they? A. The men in the store. 333.Q Do they provide a private entrance for the man in the store? A. It is only those directly inside the store. 334.Q. They come up there? A.Yes. 335.Q Is the store running this club? A. No; but they are the landlords. 336.Q. Why do they have a private entrance to this place when it is rented? A. They have to use the closet. 337.Q. There is none down on the lower floor? A. They have one BC Archives GR-0419 Box 106 File 1905/9 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Attorney General documents.