State v. Emerson

The appellant was charged by information in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis with having aided and assisted in the establishment of a lottery as a business or avocation. Upon a trial to a jury he was convicted and sentenced to one year in jail. From this verdict and judgment he appeals.

The appellant was the president of a corporation engaged in the sale of furniture at retail, either for cash, or upon time payments. It had an office in the city of S't. Louis and employed agents to solicit furniture contracts and to collect the payments thereon as they became due. It also had what it…