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PEOPLE v. WINTERS

Docket No. 4066.

171 Cal.App.2d Supp. 876 (1959)

342 P.2d 538

THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. JOHN WINTERS et al., Defendants; MELVIN CHAMBERS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Appellate Department, Superior Court, Los Angeles.

June 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Philip E. Grey, Assistant City Attorney, and William E. Doran, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellant.

Walter L. Gordon for Respondent.

Loren Miller, A.L. Wirin, Edward Mosk and Norman G. Rudman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

DAVID, J.

This is one of 10 cognate cases, involving a total of 28 defendants, of whom Melvin Chambers is one. The complaints charged the defendants with violations of California Penal Code, section 330, making illegal, among others, the game of stud horse poker; of Los Angeles Municipal Ordinance 36674 (N.S.), prohibiting certain games not included in Penal Code, section 330; and of Los Angeles Municipal Code (Ord. No. 77,000) section 43.13.2, prohibiting visits...

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