Davis v. United States

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals are from convictions in a joint trial by jury on a four-count indictment specifying violations of the gambling laws. Count I charged all four appellants, along with certain others, with promoting a lottery known as the numbers game.1 Count II charged the four and one other, with knowing possession of records, slips and tickets, etc., used in the numbers game.2 Counts III and IY, which named only appellant Lewis, a former member of the Metropolitan Police Department, charged him with knowingly maintaining gambling premises 3 and with neglecting…