State v. Townsend
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. Hon. J.. R. Claiborne, Judge. « Accepting money to be transmitted out of the state to a point where it is to be bet is not a violation of the statute.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. Hon. J.. R. Claiborne, Judge. « Accepting money to be transmitted out of the state to a point where it is to be bet is not a violation of the statute. People v. Winn, 12 N. Y. Sup. 379; People v. Winn, 128 N. Y. 599. The information is defective for failing to show with whom the bet was made. 1 Chitty on Criminal Law [4 Am.' Ed.] 210, 211; Butler v. State, 5 Blackf. 280; Ball v. State, 7 Blackf. 242; Grover v. State, 6 Fla. 39; Sharpe v. State, 6 S. Rep. 657; Parrot v. State, 10 Ark. 574; Jester v. State, 14 Ark. -552. The statute on…
1Opinion of the CourtRombauee, P. J.
— This is a prosecution under the act to prohibit bookmaking and pool-selling, approved April 1, 1891. Laws, 1891, p. 122. This act, after prohibiting under severe penalties, the recording or registering of bets or wagers or selling pools upon the result of any trial or contest of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast, which is to be made or take place beyond the limits of this state, concludes as follows: “The lessee or occupant of any room, shed, tenement, tent, booth or building, who becomes the custodian or depository for hire or privilege of any money or property or thing of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. BurgdoerferSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Butler v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1840
- Jester v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1854
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- State v. CummingsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913