Adams v. State

BUFORD, C. J.:

Defendant was charged by information with the offense of conducting a lottery described in the first count as “bolita,” in the second as “Parlay.”

Defendant pled not guilty.

The facts are that two deputy sheriffs entered defendant’s place of business in Tampa to arrest him on a certain “Bolita” warrant, from which charge he was later dismissed. While there, the deputies observed the defendant talking over the telephone, a lady standing beside him, and a piece of paper in his hand. One of the deputies heard the defendant calling numbers over the phone. The other deputy' could not…