People v. Livingston

This is an appeal from the City Court of Buffalo, New York, from a judgment of conviction entered June 8, 1960, granted by Hon. Ann Mikoll, Associate Judge of said court, convicting the defendant of violating section 974 of the Penal Law.

The information charges: “ That at the City of Buffalo and County of Brie on or about the 3rd day of February, 1960, one John Livingston of 48 Howard Street did unlawfully have in *988his possession a number of ‘ Policy Slips ’ which are records of chances in a game of ‘ Lottery Policy ’ which is a gambling game in which money may be lost or won.”

The People…