People v. Wolosky

Desmoíto, J.

The information in this criminal cause charges that defendant, in violation of section 974 of the Penal Law, ‘ ‘ did knowingly, wilfully and unlawfully have in his possession written on a marble slab at hallway of premises 161 Rivington Street in the County of New York, City and State of New York, 300 numbers, said slips or papers representing and being bets or records of chances, shares and interests in numbers sold, drawn and selected, and to be drawn and selected, and in what is commonly called policy, or being papers, writings or articles of a kind commonly used in carrying on…