Jan 31, 1909

NYT 

 At the conclusion late this afternoon of the trial in Gretna of Jack Sheehan, charged with having violated the Locke law in the taking of bets at the Suburban race track, Judge Edrington, who presided, announced that he would take the case under advisement and announce his decision on next ...

The trial attracted big crowds to Gretna, the parish seat of Jefferson, which lies Just across the river from New Orleans. ... Joseph A. Murphy, who was presiding | Judge at the Suburban Park track, was a witness for the defense. He declared that the system of betting in vogue at the Suburban ...