People v. . Bright
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, entered December 1, 1910, unanimously affirming a judgment of the Albany County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of being a common gambler. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
Section 970 of the Penal Law provides that a person “ who engages as dealer, gamekeeper, or player in any gambling or banking game, where money or property is dependent upon the result,” is a common gambler and punishable by imprisonment for not more than two years or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both.
The indictment charged that Albert Bright, on the 2d day of March, 1910, at the city of Albany, was a common gambler, and in a certain room in a certain building, known as FTo. 426 Broadway, unlawfully and feloniously did engage as dealer and gamekeeper…
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