Legal Opinion
People v. Wakelee
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 9, 1951PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lotjgheau, Ch. J.
An ordinance of the Village of Hamburg in Erie County makes these provisions: “ No person shall keep or use, or permit to be kept or used in any place within said village of Hamburg, any table, instrument or device of any nature whatsoever for the purpose of gambling or with which money, liquor or anything of value shall be played for in any manner, and no person shall be an inmate in any such place where said gambling device may be kept, nor be engaged in any game of chance as banker, dealer, player or otherwise.”
After trial before a Police Justice, each of the three…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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