Crouch v. United States

MACK, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, with a confederate, was engaged in operating what is known as a “banking crap game.” They pasted together genuine Federal Reserve notes of different denominations. For example, they would paste a $20 note and a $5 note, so that, looked at from one side, it appeared to be a $5 bill, while, looked at from the other side, it appeared to be a $20 bill. Similarly they pasted together $50 and $10 notes. The alleged practice was for the defendant to secure a victim and to act as his banker, handling his money, while the confederate would make a bet, placing on the…