State v. Lovell
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. The defendant was charged by allegation, in the Special Sessions of Hudson county, with publicly setting up, opening and making a certain lottery for money in that county, and with selling a lottery ticket therein.
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On certiorari. The defendant was charged by allegation, in the Special Sessions of Hudson county, with publicly setting up, opening and making a certain lottery for money in that county, and with selling a lottery ticket therein. To this allegation the defendant pleaded not guilty; and, upon trial of the same, the court found the following facts, viz. : The defendant was engaged in the city of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson, in the business commonly known as pool-selling, and was so engaged on the 5th day of June, A. D. 1877, and so continued until the 28th day of June, in the ,year…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
A lottery is defined as being a scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance, (Bouv. Law Dict.)—a game of hazard, in which small sums are ventured for the chance of obtaining a larger value, either in money or other valuables. Worcester’s Lid. Where a pecuniary consideration is paid, and it is determined by lot or chance, according to some scheme held out to the public, what the party who pays the money is to have for it, or whether he is to have anything, it is a lottery. State v. Clarke, 33 N. Hamp. 329; Hull v. Ruggles, 56 N. Y. 424.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
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