Charles v. . the People
New York Court of Appeals
Charles and McIntyre were indicted at the New York General Sessions for publishing an account of an illegal lottery. The indictment charged that the defendants on, &c., at the fourth ward of that city, in a newspaper called the “ Wall Street Reporter,” published an account "of a certain illegal lottery, stating when the same was to be drawn, and where tickets were to be had, together with the prizes therein.
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Charles and McIntyre were indicted at the New York General Sessions for publishing an account of an illegal lottery. The indictment charged that the defendants on, &c., at the fourth ward of that city, in a newspaper called the “ Wall Street Reporter,” published an account "of a certain illegal lottery, stating when the same was to be drawn, and where tickets were to be had, together with the prizes therein. It then set forth the account so published, in Jiaec verba, from which it appeared that the prizes were of various sums of money, and were to be decided by the numbers drawn from the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the 26th section of article four, title eight, and chapter twenty, of the first part of the Revised Statutes, every lottery, game or device of chance in the nature of a lottery, other thansuch as have been authorized by law, is declared to be "unlawful and a common and public nuisance." The 27th section of the same article, makes it a misdemeanor for any person, unauthorized byspecial laws for that purpose," within this state, to open, set on foot, carry on, promote or draw, publicly or privately, any lottery, game or device of chance of any nature or kind, or by whatever name it may be…
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