Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Heiman

Opinion by

James, J.,

On April 6, 1936, the council of the City of Pittsburgh adopted an ordinance providing for the arrest and punishment of any person or persons “who shall engage in soliciting, offering, exchanging, transmitting any slips, memoranda or communication in connection with the gambling scheme known as ‘Playing the numbers’, within the City of Pittsburgh, to the profit or gain of any number player or other person in any wise a party to or connected with the playing of numbers.” Under this ordinance, David Heiman, alias Dave Simon, was convicted before a magistrate of having taken…