State v. Collins

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lippincott, J.

The defendant below was indicted under the statute for unlawfully and knowingly having in his possession certain papers, documents, slips and memoranda, commonly called books, that pertained to the business of lottery policy. Upon this indictment he was convicted, and the judgment rendered thereon was affirmed on writ of error by the Supreme Court. The judgment of that court has now been removed into this court for review.

The statute under which the defendant was indicted and convicted and which is a supplement to the Crimes act (Gen.…