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DAVIS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 15020, 15021, 15170, 15171.

274 F.2d 585 (1959)

Charles DeWitt DAVIS, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Morris A. LEWIS, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Robert H. ELLIS, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Charles E. BERRY, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1959.

Petitions for Rehearing Denied January 8, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James C. Toomey, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant in No. 15020.

Mr. Harry J. Ahern, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 15021.

Mr. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 15170.

Mr. William B. Bryant, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. William C. Gardner and Joseph C. Waddy, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant in No. 15171.

Mr. Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, Chief Judge, and EDGERTON and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals are from convictions in a joint trial by jury on a four-count indictment specifying violations of the gambling laws. Count I charged all four appellants, along with certain others, with promoting a lottery known as the numbers game.1 Count II charged the four and one other, with knowing possession of records, slips and tickets, etc., used in the numbers game.2

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