People v. Welch

The people appeal from an order quashing an information which charged respondents with managing a lottery, and aiding and assisting in disposing of merchandise by way of lottery for money in a game of chance, to-wit: a beano game. The appeal presents the single question: Is “beano” a lottery?

The substance of the testimony is that two officers entered a building in the city of Grand Rapids where they obtained a “membership card” and three “beano cards” in exchange for their signed applications for membership in the so-called “club” and the payment of 25 cents each. They, and a number of other…