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248 N.Y. 582

162 N.E 533

People v. Bloom

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 29, 1928

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1928-05-29

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Decided 1928-05-29

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Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently September 1976

3 federal appellate · 7 state decisions

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¶1 Judgment of Appellate Division and that of Court of Special Sessions reversed and defendant discharged. Defendant is charged only with unlawfully and knowingly possessing policy slips: Held, that although the defendant’s gift enterprise constituted a lottery (Penal Law, § 1370), the certificates in his possession were not shown to be policy slips and defendant was not shown to be engaged in the game or scheme commonly known as policy.

¶2 Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Andrews and O’Brien, JJ. Not sitting: Lehman and Kellogg, J J.

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