State v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Montana Supreme Court
'Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Michael Donlan, Judge. The Postal Telegraph Cable Company was convicted of communicating and transferring information for the purpose of having a bet or wager made upon a horse-race, its motion for new trial was overruled, and it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
The Postal Telegraph Cable Company was convicted of communicating and transferring information for the purpose of having a bet or wager made upon a horse-race, and appealed from the judgment and from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
[3} The evidence discloses: That about January 18, 1916, two saloon-keepers in Butte were making and registering bets *106upon horse-races presumably being run at Juarez, Mexico, and New Orleans, Louisiana; that the necessary information concerning the races was furnished to the bookmakers by one Harris; that Harris employed a stenographer to make copies of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. McCarthyMontana Supreme Court · 1907
- State v. AllenMontana Supreme Court · 1906
- State v. SuitorMontana Supreme Court · 1911
- State v. TaylorMontana Supreme Court · 1915
- State v. ChevignyMontana Supreme Court · 1914
3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. RiggsMontana Supreme Court · 1921
- State v. SieffMontana Supreme Court · 1917
- State v. FrancisMontana Supreme Court · 1920
- State v. MullinsMontana Supreme Court · 1918
- State v. CooperMontana Supreme Court · 1926
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