State v. Ardovino

FEDERICI, District Judge.

Upon a plea of not guilty a district court trial jury found the appellant guilty as charged in the information and he appeals from the judgment and sentence imposed upon him by the trial court. The information to which appellant pleaded not guilty, omitting the formal parts thereof reads: “* * * did unlawfully own, operate, possess, play and run games of chance, to-wit: roulette, dice,-black jack— poker, and slot machines, contrary to the form of the Statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of New Mexico.”

This information…