Smith v. United States

Appellants and one Rattley were convicted on counts 9, 10, and 11 of an indictment charging violation of the lottery *218law applicable to the District of Columbia, and on count 12, charging a conspiracy to violate that law.1 Rattley did not appeal. The jury acquitted appellants on the first 8 counts.

The evidence disclosed that in the latter part of December, 1938, and early part of January, 1939, Police Officer Best made “numbers plays” with defendant Rattley in Washington City. Officers Best and Bradley had Rattley under observation for a period of two or three weeks. They saw him at about the…