State v. Stevenson

Tbe defendant was charged by information with opening up, conducting and operating as dealer a gambling game, to which be pleaded not guilty. Upon the trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant moved for a new trial, which motion was overruled, and, from the judgment and sentence entered upon the verdict, appeals.

On or about January 1, 1931, the appellant, Oscar Stevenson, and another opened a place on the second floor of the Halbert building, in the city of Wenatchee, which was known as the Wenatchee Social Club. This place consisted of three or four rooms, a reception room,…