November 15, 1943. April 11, 1944. Criminal law — Lotteries — Evidence — Sufficiency — Circumstantial — Charge — Definition — Knowledge that act constitutes crime — Conspiracy — Proof of fraudulent intent. 1. On appeals by defendants from conviction and sentence on an indictment charging them and others with conspiracy to set up, open and maintain a lottery and sell lottery tickets, it was Held that the evidence was sufficient in each case to sustain the conviction. 2. In such case, it was sufficient

April 14, 1937. W.F.X. Geoghan, District Attorney [ Samuel A. Pease, Deputy Assistant District Attorney], for the plaintiff. Jacob Siegfried, for the defendant. RUDICH, C.M. The defendant is charged with violating section 974 of the Penal Law in that on February 18, 1937, he had in his possession a slip of paper containing ten numbers which have been conclusively described as policy numbers, representing a total wager of one dollar and fifty cents. The defendant made no admissions when apprehended