Rovner

Convicted of bookmaking, defendant appeals from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. As his sole contention, he urges that the arresting officer “had no probable cause to arrest him” and, therefore, that both the arrest and the subsequent search of his person were unlawful. .

This case presents no close question. Defendant’s own summary of the evidence reveals more than adequate support for the trial court’s determination that there was reasonable and probable cause for the arrest and the ensuing search. Accordingly, an abbreviated summary of the facts will suffice.

For a period of some 45 minutes on April 16, 1959, the arresting officer observed defendant’s activities in a certain bar. On three separate occasions he saw male patrons of the bar approach appellant., two with the racing section of a daily newspaper and one with the National Daily Reporter, *90 and hold short conversations with him, whereupon defendant would leave the bar with the particular individual, returning within a few minutes.

On April 21, 1959, another officer observed defendant in the same bar for approximately one hour. During this period the officer saw defendant engage…