People v. Norwood

On jury trial in 1940 defendants were convicted under an amended information containing three counts, each of which charged them with the common-law offense of a conspiracy to violate certain gambling laws of the State. * On their motion the convictions were set aside and a new trial granted.

On retrial by jury in 1942, a police officer who had observed the private residence at 544 Josephine street in the city of Detroit for several days prior to May 28, 1940, testified that he “saw policy men going in and out;” that he knew the people by name and knew they were policy men and that “they were…