State v. Rothschild

Lewis, P. J.,

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

This is a conviction upon information, in the usual form, for the crime of selling a lottery ticket. The testimony given at the trial was as follows: William Morse testified : “I know the defendant. On January 15,1885, I saw him on Seventh street in this city, at his office there. I went into defendant’s office to play policy. I took a piece of paper from his table and wrote the following, to-wit: 48-50-71-27-69, and paid the defendant-ten cents to play said numbers. I went into defendant’s office to play policy. If the numbers on my ticket had…