Smith v. United States

Appellant was tried and convicted under the sixth count of an indictment, charging him with the unlawful possession in the District of Columbia of “certain tickets, * * * slips, * * * and writings, used and to be used, * * * for the purpose of playing, carrying on and conducting a certain lottery, commonly known as and called the numbers game.” A police officer testified that, having received information from a source believed to be reliable that “numbers” were being written in a public barber shop located at 130 G Street, N. W., he entered through an open front door and observed appellant…