Ex parte Winston
Nevada Supreme Court
Habeas Corpus before the Supreme Court. The petitioner set forth that he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by Sheriff Swift at the county jail in Carson City, Ormsby County; that he had been arrested under the alleged provisions of the act of the Territorial legislature entitled “An act for the better observance of the Lord’s day,” approved November 21, 1861, upon a charge, of dealing the game of faro for gain upon the first day of the week; that he had procured a…
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Habeas Corpus before the Supreme Court. The petitioner set forth that he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by Sheriff Swift at the county jail in Carson City, Ormsby County; that he had been arrested under the alleged provisions of the act of the Territorial legislature entitled “An act for the better observance of the Lord’s day,” approved November 21, 1861, upon a charge, of dealing the game of faro for gain upon the first day of the week; that he had procured a license to deal the game of faro under the provisions of “ An act to restrict gaming,” passed March 4, 1869; that,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Hawley, J.:
The petitioner is held in custody by the sheriff of Ormsby County by virtue of a commitment issued from the justice’s court of Carson Township, which recites that petitioner had
*74been found “ guilty of the offense of playing at a game of chance for gain on the first day of the week, commonly called Lord’s day;” that petitioner was “fined in the sum of fifty dollars * * * and in default of payment thereof, that be be confined in the county jail,” etc., etc. The commitment is in proper form, and regular upon its face.
Petitioner claims that the court bad no jurisdiction…
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