People v. Fisher
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of oyer and terminer, New York county. Indictment against Henry Jones, Samuel Fisher, and others for misdemeanor. Defendant Fisher was conv-icted, and appeals from the judgment. Pen.
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Appeal from court of oyer and terminer, New York county. Indictment against Henry Jones, Samuel Fisher, and others for misdemeanor. Defendant Fisher was conv-icted, and appeals from the judgment. Pen. Code N. Y. § 351, provides: “A person who keeps any room * * * with books, apparatus, or paraphernalia, for the purpose of recording or registering bets or wagers, or.of selling pools, and any person who records or registers bets or wagers, or sells pools, upon the result of any trial or contest of skill, speed, or power of endurance, of man or beast, * * * or, being the owner, lessee, or…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
The indictment upon which the defendant was convicted charged the defendant and six others in seven counts, as follows: The first count charged the defendants with keeping a room for the purpose of recording and registering bets and wagers. The second count charged the defendants with being the occupants of a room, and knowingly permitting the same to be used for the purpose of recording and registering bets and wagers. The third count charged the defendants with being the occupants of a room, and therein keeping, exhibiting, and employing a device and apparatus for the purpose of recording…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. WynnNew York Supreme Court · 1890
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- Matter of RobertsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910