Stevens v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted under an indictment charging that he did directly and as the agent and employe of another, keep and exhibit for the purpose of gaming, a gaming table and bank.

A motion was made to quash the indictment and in arrest of judgment. It is earnestly insisted that the indictment is duplicitous and repugnant in that it sought to charge two offenses in one count. If the indictment charged or sought to charge two offenses, the contention would be well taken, but it seeks to charge only one offense,—the keeping and exhibiting a gaming table and bank. It is true…