State v. Fearson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Error to the Circuit court for Charles county. The defendant in error was indicted for suffering card playing and betting on cards in his tavern on the sabbath day. The indictment and pleadings are sufficiently stated below in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
The indictment in this case alleges, that the defendant, John Fearson, “on the sabbath day, he being a licensed tavern-keeper, did suffer divers persons, to wit: Joseph B. Harbin, Thomas C. War'd and Henry B. Shannon to play at a game with cards, and bet upon games of hazzard upon cards, and win and loose money upon the same in the tavern of him the said John Fearson,” See.
To this indictment the defendant demurred, and the circuit court sustained the demurrer, whereüpon the plaintiff appealed to this court.
The effect of the demurrer was to admit the facts as stated in the indictment, and we…
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