SMITH, J.
This is a conspiracy case. The defendant, it was charged, was one of a large number who conspired to violate the gaming statutes of this State. (CL 1948, §§ 750.301-750.306, inclusive, and § 750.372 [Stat Ann 1954 Rev §§ 28.533-28.538, inclusive, and § 28.604].) The organization was engaged in the "numbers business." It consisted of those who recorded the bets (the "writers"), those who collected them on assigned routes ("pickup...
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