People v. Rose

Rose, one of the defendants in this action, was tried and convicted of the crime of fraudulently winning money by means of a game of bunco. He moved for a new trial, which was granted, and the people appeal.

One of the grounds upon which the motion was granted was, that a witness for the people was allowed, as an ex*379pert, to describe, not the game actually played by the defendants, but the game of bunco generally. His testimony on this point was as follows: —

“It generally takes three men to start a game. The first one, after the victim is picked out, he finds his antecedents, his name, and his…