Alexander v. State

The appellant, tried by the court without a jury, was convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of bookmaking, keeping a place for betting or bookmaking, and lottery and keeping or permitting the use of a place for selling lottery tickets. He was sentenced to fine and imprisonment. The sole question raised is as to the sufficiency of the evidence, or, more precisely, whether the verdicts of the trial judge were clearly erroneous.

On January 27, 1951 at about 1:15 P.M., Captain Emerson and his officers, armed with a search warrant, entered the second floor of 1704 Eastern Avenue, the…