The five defendants before the court are severally charged with the commission of the crimes of conspiracy (Penal Law, § 580), policy (Penal Law, § 974), book-making (Penal Law, § 986), and contriving a lottery (Penal Law, § 1372). Since common questions of law and fact are involved, the cases were tried together.
At the end of the trial, the record of which consists of...
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