MUST PAY HIS GAMBLING DEBTS

The Herald says: What is believed to be one of the first cases decided by a jury in favor of the payment of a gambling debt, disputed on the ground of its illegality, has been disposed of in the city court before Chief Judge Fitzsimmons. The jury gave a verdict in favor of John Bradley on two "I. O. U's" given to him by Henry W. Ivison, a well known broker of this city, one for $300 and the other for $700.

Mr. Ivison, while in St. Augustine, Fla., on March 30, 1899, paid a visit to a gambling house kept by Bradley and lost $1,000 at roulette. He gave his "I. O. U.," but as he refused to pay, Bradley placed the matter in the hands of his counsel, A. H. Hummell.

Mr. Hummell put the "I. O. U's" in evidence, together with a letter written by Alexander Lamont, counsel for Ivison, saying that his client was desirous of settling the matter without the trouble of going to court if a short extension should be granted him.

Ivison on the stand admitted making the notes, but insisted that they were given to pay for his losses at roulette. Mr. Hummell asked, on cross-examination, if he would not have taken Bradley's money had he been a winner, and he confessed that he would. It took the jury but a few minutes to find a verdict against Ivison.