Commonwealth v. Plissner

The defendant was found guilty by a jury in the Superior Court on two complaints under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 271, one charging that he “was concerned in setting up and managing a certain lottery for money and merchandise” (§7), and the other charging that he “did commonly keep and suffer to be kept in a building and place actually used and occupied by him” “certain apparatus, to wit, a slot machine for the purpose of playing at an unlawful game or sport for money or other thing of value” (§ 5). Sentence was imposed, but execution thereof has been suspended. Upon motion, the complaints were…