Rossitto v. State

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a conviction in the Superior Court of a violation of 11 Del.C. § 669 which prohibits anyone from keeping, exhibiting, using, or being concerned in interest in keeping, exhibiting or using “any book, device, apparatus or paraphernalia, for the purpose of receiving, recording, or registering bets or wagers upon the result of any trial or contest, in this State or elsewhere, of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast; 5jc ‡

Rossitto was convicted in the Municipal Court under this statute. He appealed to the Superior Court. The State…