Keith v. State

— Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of "White county on the charge of keeping for gain a gaming apparatus called roulette. Upon his application, the venue was changed to the Carroll Circuit Court, where he was tried, convicted and fined. From this judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

We shall consider the errors assigned in this court, in the order discussed by appellant’s counsel. The prosecution is based upon section 2086, R. S. 1881, which provides that whoever keeps or exhibits for gain, or to win or gain money or other property, any gaming table, roulette, etc., shall be fined, etc.

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