State v. Watson

The appellant, Irene Watson, was convicted in the Municipal Court of Akron of the crime of having in her custody or under her control ‘ ‘ a ticket, order, or device * * * representing a number of shares or an interest in a scheme of chance known as ‘policy,’ ‘numbers game,’ ‘clearing house,’ # * * located in or to be drawn, paid, or carried on within or without this state,” in violation of Section 2915.111, Revised Code. Following conviction, a sentence was imposed upon her.

Among fifteen assignments of error, we direct our attention first to the fourth assignment, which appears in the record…