Any person who purchases or in way acquires any billete, papeleta, ticket, notebook, list of numbers or letters, slips, or implements used or utilized for the games prohibited by §§ 1247—1257 of this title, shall be guilty of a public offense and shall be arrested immediately, and the case shall be brought before the prosecuting attorney with jurisdiction in the matter, and such person shall, upon conviction, suffer the same penalty prescribed in § 1250 of this title.\nHistory —May 15, 1948, No. 220, p. 738, § 9.
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