People v. Lyttle

The evidence failed to establish the commission of either of the crimes charged in the information. The first count charged a violation of section 974 of the Penal Law, in that the defendant, not being a public officer, “ did unlawfully and knowingly possess a certain writing, paper, document, record and policy slip which represented, and was a record of a chance, share and interest in numbers sold, given away, drawn or selected, or to be drawn and selected, in a game drawing and device commonly called Policy, and commonly used in carrying on, promoting and playing the game commonly called…