Williams v. State

James Williams and Leroy Williams, the appellants, and William Edward Ward were jointly indicted, charged with, 1st count: selling a lottery ticket (Md. Code, Art. 27, § 356) ; 2nd count: keeping a certain place, “to wit, a room located at 2243-2245 Prentiss Place for the purpose of selling lottery tickets” (§ 360) ; 3rd count: knowingly permitting a certain room located at the same address “of which they were the owners” to be used as a place for selling lottery tickets (§ 361) ; and 4th count: possession of lottery slips (§ 362). The appellants were jointly tried at a court trial in the…