New York Court of Appeals November 21, 1876 (Loomis v. . People)

Miller, J.

The prosecutor was induced to place his money upon a game of hazard upon the assurance of Lewis, one of the prisoners, that he was to win, and he would have his money back, or that in case of loss other money would be procured

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upon a check which Lewis claimed to have in his possession, and paid in place of that lost.