People v. Shannon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William Shannon, from a judgment of the County Court of Westchester county, entered on the ,11th day of February, 1903, convicting the defendant of pool selling in violation of section 351 of the Penal Code.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The defendant was convicted of violating section 351 of the Penal Code on the ground that at the city of Yonkers on July 26, 1902, outside of any trotting or race course authorized by statute, he engaged in pool selling and selling pools upon the result of the trial and contest of speed and power of horses then taking place at Brighton Beach, N. Y. He appeals from the judgment.
The constitutionality of the Bating Law (Laws of. 1895, chap. 570, as amd.) and of section 351 of the Penal Code was reaffirmed by the Court of Appeals in People v. Stedeker (175 N. Y. 57), reversing a…
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