Commonwealth v. Payne

The defendant has been found guilty at the trial together of three complaints against him for setting up and promoting a lottery. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 271, § 7. He excepts to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict in his favor in each case, to the refusal of a requested ruling, and to parts of the charge.

There was sufficient evidence to warrant conviction.

The defendant, manager of a moving picture theatre in North Adams, on the three nights to which the complaints related conducted at the theatre in addition to the regular *57program a game "similar to Beano or Bingo” and called “Lucky…