State v. Matthews

Hatcher, President:

This is a misdemeanor case in which the defendant, A. T. Matthews, was found guilty and sentenced for operating a “numbers-racket” lottery. He raises only two questions, to-wit, the sufficiency of the indictment and the sufficiency of a search warrant.(1) The indictment was drawn under Code, 61-10-11, and contained five counts. The defendant was found guilty on all counts. The first count charges that he and one W. B. Wilson in the county of Kanawha “unlawfully did set up and promote and were concerned in managing and drawing a lottery or raffle for money or other thing of…