Coupe v. United States

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

Defendants appeal from conviction under an indictment charging them with promoting a lottery and with knowingly possessing lottery materials.1 The questions raised on the appeal relate to the admissibility of evidence, the propriety of the sentences imposed,' and the court’s conduct of the trial.

The arresting officers testified that they obtained information from a source which they had found to be reliable that defendant Coupe was engaged in the “numbers racket,” using his Lincoln Zephyr automobile to collect numbers slips at various points in the Georgetown…