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Shettel v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 10, 1940No. 7456PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellant was convicted in the court below of a violation of the lottery laws, in managing, carrying on, and promoting a certain lottery known as the numbers game; in selling a chance in such lottery; and in possessing tickets, slips, papers and writ ing, designed for the purpose of playing such lottery.

A police agent, under instructions .from police officers, “played the numbers” with appellant on several occasions. He paid appellant with marked nickels and a marked quarter, which were given to him for that purpose by the police officers. On the day appellant was…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  3. Marron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  5. Hayes v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1887

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Tyrone Gaither v. United States of America, Charles Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  2. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  3. Bracey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
  4. Morton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  5. Samuel Wrightson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955

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