Justice v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clarke

Reversing.

Appellant is complaining of his conviction under section 1972 of the statutes which makes it a misdemeanor for any person to “knowingly suffer or permit for compensation or award any minor under the age of twenty-one years without the written permission of the parent or guardian of said minor” to play pool, etc., on tables owned or controlled by him.

Defendant operates a pool room and permitted the prosecuting witness to play pool therein for compensation knowing he was a minor. Before doing so, however, the minor delivered to him what…