People v. Carpenter

This case grows out of a bank night drawing at the Lakewood Theater, in Lakewood, California. Appellant was convicted, together with other defendants who have not appealed, of conspiracy to cheat and defraud by criminal means and to commit grand theft, and of the crime of grand theft. He appeals from the judgment * and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

Appellant’s contentions are: (1) The bank night drawing was a lottery and therefore illegal; and (2) he and his associates did nothing more than fail to observe the rules of the game and that securing money by failing to observe the…