The appellant, Louis Ventura, was indicted for engaging in "pool selling and bookmaking". After his petition to quash the indictment was refused, Ventura was convicted by a judge sitting without a jury, and sentenced. His appeal to this Court followed.
The case is before us on an agreed statement of facts from which we quote the following: "2. On May 3, 1952 Magistrate...
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