In Re Lowrie
California Court of Appeal
PROCEEDING on Habeas Corpus to test the sufficiency of a complaint to charge an offense. Writ discharged and petitioner remanded to custody. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
Habeas corpus. At the time of the issuance of the writ herein petitioner was imprisoned under a complaint charging him with conducting a lottery or scheme for the distribution by chance of property to the complainant, and the public, for which chances valuable considerations were paid, and which alleged unlawful scheme was conducted “in the manner following and no other, to wit: In that the said defendant, John N. Lowrie, did have five dice and a cup, which said dice were dice having six bases or faces and no more, and which dice were In the form of cubes with the faces thereof numbered…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. CarrollCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
- Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Ex parte WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
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