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SESSO v. UNITED STATES

No. 8176.

133 F.2d 381 (1942)

SESSO v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 7, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. O'Shea, with whom Messrs. F. Joseph Donohue, Harold F. Hawken, and Alfred Goldstein, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. William Hitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, U. S. Attorney, and Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

VINSON, Associate Justice.

A judgment of the District Court was entered upon verdict of a jury finding appellant, Michael Sesso, guilty of the crime of setting up and keeping a gaming place in the District of Columbia for the purpose of betting upon the results of horse races. This particular pursuit is embraced within the prohibitions of our gaming statute.1 Appellant conceded in oral argument the inadequacy of several allegations of...

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