State v. Lindley

Prosecution for keeping a gaming house. The charge in the affidavit and information was that “oh the 27th of July, 1848, and on divers other days and times before said day, Jacob B. Bindley did unlawfully erect, continue, and maintain a common gaming house, at,” &c.

The defendant was arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and a jury was impatineled to try the issue.

At this point, the defendant moved to quash the information, and alleged the following fad s, as the ground of *431his motion, viz., that the defendant had already been tried on an information filed on the same day as that for keeping and…