Sec. 307.
Prima facie evidence—In a prosecution or proceeding relative to lotteries, policy lotteries or policy, buying and selling pools or registering bets, any words, figures or characters, written, printed or exposed upon a blackboard, placard or otherwise in a place alleged to be used or occupied for such business, purporting or appearing to be a name of a horse or jockey, or a description of or reference to a trial or contest of skill, speed or endurance of man, beast, bird or machine, or game, competition, political nomination, appointment or election, or other act or event, or any odds, bet, combination bet or other stake or wager, or any code, cipher or substitute therefor, shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of the race, game, contest or other act or event so purporting or appearing to be referred to, and that such place is kept or occupied for gaming; and in all cases a copy or oral description thereof shall be competent evidence of the same.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.307 Former Law: See section 6 of Act 176 of 1925, being CL 1929, § 9126.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code
Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568)
328-1931-XLIV - Chapter XLIV Gambling (750.301...750.315a)
Section 750.301 - Accepting Money or Valuable Thing Contingent on Uncertain Event.
Section 750.304 - Selling Pools and Registering Bets.
Section 750.305 - Publication or Distribution of Betting Odds; Penalty.
Section 750.306 - Pool Tickets; Declaration as Nuisance.
Section 750.307 - Gambling; Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 750.308 - Gaming House; Search Warrant; Seizure of Apparatus and Material; Arrest.
Section 750.308a - Disposition of Articles or Property Seized.
Section 750.309 - Frequenting or Attending Gaming Places.
Section 750.310a - Applicability of Chapter; Bowling Game or Bowling Card Game.
Section 750.310b - Applicability of Chapter; Redemption Game.
Section 750.310c - Applicability of Chapter; Social Media Internet Game; Definition.
Section 750.310d - Inapplicability of Chapter; Gambling Under Lawful Internet Gaming Act.
Section 750.310e - Inapplicability of Chapter; Sports Betting Under Lawful Sports Betting Act.
Section 750.311 - Gambling in Stocks, Bonds, Grain or Produce.
Section 750.312 - Commission Merchants, Statements on Demand.
Section 750.313 - Gambling in Stocks, Bonds, Grain or Produce; Penalty.
Section 750.314 - Winning at Gambling.
Section 750.315 - Losing at Gambling.
Section 750.315a - Loan Promotion Raffle or Savings Promotion Raffle; Inapplicability of Chapter.