State v. Ricks

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellants were charged, tried and found guilty of the crime of gambling as defined by Article 90 of the Criminal Code “in that each did unlawfully and intentionally conduct and directly assist in the conducting, as a 'business, at Number 2223 Tulane Avenue (New Orleans), of a game, contest, lottery and contrivance by having and permitting in said premises the operation, use and playing of a mechanical device known as & slot machine whereby a person risked the loss of a thing of value in order to realize a profit * * * No bills of exception were reserved during the hearing…