Commonwealth v. Rok

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

On May 9, 1963 John Rok was arrested in the Mission Inn, a tavern in the City of Johnstown. • At the time of his arrest he was seated at a table in a booth and he had beside him on his chair and' on the table numerous records of numbers plays, including two books containing listings of over 300 plays each. He also had in his possession treasury tickets on which payoffs would go as high as $5,000.00. He admitted that he paid the hits of winning numbers players and he paid small treasury ticket payoffs. He stated, however, he did not use his own personal money to make these…