People v. Wynn
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of general sessions, New York county. Indictment against Thomas F. Wynn for misdemeanor. Defendant appeals-from a judgment of conviction. Pen.
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Appeal from court of general sessions, New York county. Indictment against Thomas F. Wynn for misdemeanor. Defendant appeals-from a judgment of conviction. Pen. Code N. Y. § 351, provides: “A person who keeps any room', * * * with books, apparatus, or paraphernalia, for the purpose of recording or registering bels or wagers, or of selling pools, and any person who records or registers beis 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 occupant of any room, * * * therein keeps,…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
The indictment under which the defendant was convicted contained five counts. The first count charged him with keeping a room for the purpose of recording and registering bets and wagers, and selling pools upon the result- of trials and contests of speed and power of endurance of beasts; the second charged him with being the occupant of a room for the same purpose; the third with keeping, exhibiting, and employing devices and apparatus for the purpose of recording and registering bets or wagers; the fourth with recording-and registering bets and wagers; and the fifth with-the crime of pool…
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