People v. Hines

The defendants were indicted on thirteen counts, the first of which alleges conspiracy to contrive a lottery and to commit some of the acts in connection with “ policy ” playing. The other counts allege the offense of contriving, proposing and drawing a lottery on various occasions, at each one of which a crime of that nature is alleged to have been committed, and each constituting a separate count in the indictment. The demurrers are by defendants Davis and Hines, on the principal ground that the facts stated do not constitute a crime. The other grounds need not detain us.

The main basis of…