#morality squad

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“Les ordres du nouveau chef de police ont amené toute une armée d'individus de pas grand chose et de femmes pitoyables devant le recorder Semple, hier matin. Celui-ci s'est toutefois montré clément et a suspendu une grosse moitié des sentences. Les souples tentacules de la force policière se sont principaiement emperées d'ivrognes qu'on à ramassés sur toutes les artères de ls métropole, la nuit précédente, et aux maisons de désordre. “Montréal est à s'épurer”, disaient les multiples physionomies de la boite aux accusés.” - from Le Petit Journal. April 26, 1931. Page 02.

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GWAR: Phallus in Wonderland (1992)

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GWAR: Phallus in Wonderland (1992)

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"27 ORIENTALS ROUNDED UP IN GAMBLING RAID," Winnipeg Tribune. May 8, 1933. Page 3. ---- Shrug Shoulders and Line Up For Patrol Wagon Ride ---- Twenty-seven bland Orientals smiled and shrugged when they were taken for a ride by members of the morality squad, Saturday night. "Just another raid," they said to each other, or words to that effect.

They were playing an old Chinese game at 221 Alexander ave.. when Inspector "Bill" Eddie and his merry men came bursting in. Police claimed they were gambling. The Orientals did not argue. They politely lined up and filed into the patrol wagon that was waiting out- side. It took two trips to accommodate them all.

Meanwhile, Inspector Eddie marched off with most of the equipment in the place. Tables, bowls, slips of paper and other things used in the game were taken away to be used as evidence.

A crowd of more than 100 people gathered outside the alleged gambling den. They showed considerably more excitement than the Chinese who were involved in the affair.

At central police station, Kong Wing was charged with keeping a gaming house and his 26 fellow-countrymen charged with being found in such a place. All were out on bail as soon as their friends could get around with the necessary cash.

In city police court today, their cases were remanded to May 10 without plea.

[AL: Just colossal racism from the Tribune reporter...and of course from the Winnipeg police who targeted Chinese establishments for gambling and drug offences with a higher frequency than white owned establishments.]

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“WOMAN ACCEPTS JAIL TERM RATHER THAN PAY $50 FINE,” Winnipeg Free Press Evening Bulletin. November 2, 1922. Page 5. ---- Blanche Taylor, 258 Bushnell street, accepted a sentence of two months in jail, in default of a fine of $50, when she was found guilty by Magistrate Sir Hugh John Macdonald in city police court today of permitting drunkenness on her premises. She was arrested by Bill Eddie and his morality squad when she and Joseph Latourneau returned to her home and started a disturbance. Latourneau was fined $50 Monday for illegally purchasing liquor.

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“BOOKMAKER FINED,” Toronto Star. February 20, 1933. Page 3. --- Rumor That Men on Relief Were Betting Starts Round Up ---- Special to The Star Hamilton, Feb. 20. - A drive by Sergeant Roughead of the morality squad, to round up bookmakers, after hearing that many recipients of city relief were in possession of betting slips, resulted in two convictions in police court to-day.

Sam Tipe and Michael Distefan pleaded guilty to charges of keeping a betting house, and were fined $100 or three months each. Twenty-five dollars from Tipe and $31 from Distefan were seized. Eli Luchuk, facing the same charge, was remanded for trial until Wednesday.

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“Charge Gambling In Store,” Toronto Star. March 4, 1932. Page 23. --- Hamilton, March 4. - Morality officers to-day served Lloyd Culp with a summons charging him with operating a common betting house at a James St. cigar store, during the past six months. He will appear for trial Saturday.