People v. Sobczak

This is a conspiracy case. The defendant, it was charged, was one of a large number who conspired to violate the gaming statutes of this State. (CL 1948, §§ 750.301-750.306, inclusive, and § 750.372 [Stat Ann 1954 Rev §§ 28.533-28.538, inclusive, and § 28.604].) The organization was engaged in the “numbers business.” It consisted of those who recorded the bets (the “writers”), those who collected them on assigned routes (“pickup” men), and substation operators, to whom the pickup-men turned over their collections, in “packages,” as well as other functionaries. The details of the-operation are…