SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 7305.

105 F.2d 778 (1939)

SMITH v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 29, 1939.

Motion to Modify Opinion Denied June 9, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denny Hughes, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

David A. Pine, U. S. Atty., and William S. Tarver, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Washington, D. C.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and VINSON, Associate Justices.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was tried and convicted under the sixth count of an indictment, charging him with the unlawful possession in the District of Columbia of "certain tickets, * * * slips, * * * and writings, used and to be used, * * * for the purpose of playing, carrying on and conducting a certain lottery, commonly known as and called the numbers game." A police officer testified that, having received information from a source believed to be reliable that "numbers...

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