People v. Wolff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Martin Wolff, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace held in and for the city and county of ¡New York, rendered on the 12th day of ¡November, 1896, convicting him of the crime of contriving and proposing, and assisting in contriving and proposing, a lottery in violation of section 325 of the Penal Code. ■
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
The defendant was indicted for ■ contriving and proposing, and assisting in contriving and proposing, a lottery, in violation of section 325 of the Penal Code, and upon the trial was convicted and' sentenced to imprisonment and fine.
From the judgment of conviction this appeal is taken, it being urged in support of the appeal that there was no evidence tending to show contriving and proposing, or assisting in contriving and proposing, a lottery.
An examination of the evidence and an analysis thereof show that the defendant’s business consisted in a scheme apparently gotten up…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Horner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Kohn v. . KoehlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
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