People ex rel. Rosen v. Warden of City Prison

The relator, Edward Rosen, was arrested on October 21, 1931, at four-forty-five p. m. in room 26 of premises No. 203 West Fifty-fourth street, city of New York. He was charged with the crime of betting and bookmaking in violation of section 986 of the Penal Law, and upon arraignment pleaded not guilty.

At the hearing in the Magistrates’ Court, the police officer who made the arrest testified that when he entered the room in question he saw the relator seated at a table and that he had in front of him two racing sheets, two scratch sheets and two other *350sheets of paper upon which were written…