People v. Scibelli

Defendant was convicted by a Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Queens [County of Queens], upon two counts of violating section 986 of the Penal Law (book-making). The information charges that he unlawfully engaged in book-making in that he solicited, recorded, registered, forwarded and received bets and wagers dependent upon the results of races to be run. The second count charges him with keeping and occupying a place, other than at a race track of a duly authorized race track association, with books, papers, apparatus and paraphernalia containing records of bets…