Spriggs v. State

The appellant, Joseph Henry Spriggs, was charged and convicted by the trial judge, sitting without a jury, of the crime of lottery, second offense, and sentenced to two years in the Maryland Penitentiary. He appeals from the judgment and sentence and on this appeal challenges the admission into evidence by the trial court of a slip of paper containing figures and letters introduced by the State as a “lottery slip”, and the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

On or about December 3, I960, at approximately 10:15 a. m., five police officers armed with a search warrant, under…