State v. Betti

Duffy, Q. S. J.

Humbert-Betti, the appellant, was convicted in the Third Criminal Judicial District Court of Hudson County upon a complaint charging him with the violation of R. S. 2:135-2; N. J. S. A. 2:135-2, in that he, while a tenant in possession of certain store premises located in the Town of Guttenberg, did then have in his possession on said premises a device in the nature of a slot machine, which might be used for the playing of money or other valuable thing.

The defendant had waived his right to indictment and trial by jury, and after a hearing and the conviction aforesaid, was…