State v. Reitsma

In this case the jury found the defendant guilty of aiding and assisting in the recording of a bet on a horse race, in violation of general laws 1938, chapter 612, § 35. The defendant's motion for a new trial was denied by the trial justice and the case is before this court on the defendant's exception to that ruling and on other exceptions taken during the trial.

It appears from the evidence that about 3:30 p.m. on August 19, 1939 two officers of the Providence police department went to a two story building which was used as a garage and which was situated on Broad street in the city of…