Bryant v. City of Albany

The defendant, Sarah Bryant, was convicted in the Recorder’s Court of the City of Albany for the violation of § 16A, Chapter 14 of the 1952 Supplement to the Code of the City of Albany which reads as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to possess any ticket, number, combination, or anything representing a chance, in any lottery, or gift enterprise, commonly known as bolita or numbers game, or other similar scheme or device, within the corporate limits of the city, or the police jurisdiction thereof.” The defendant, being dissatisfied with the outcome of the case, made application to…