Riggan v. Commonwealth

Upon a plea of not guilty, Walter Francis Riggan, defendant, was found guilty by a jury and in accordance with the verdict was sentenced by the court to a term of one year in the penitentiary and a fine of $500 on an indictment charging that he did “on or about the 22nd day of January, 1963, operate and conduct a lottery, commonly known as the Numbers Game,” in violation of Code, § 18.1-340. Defendant is here upon a writ of error and supersedeas awarded him to the judgment rendered on the verdict.

On January 22, 1963, at approximately 9 a.m., William K. Stover, a member of the vice squad of…