Courtney v. State

The appellant was indicted under section 2085, R. S. 1881, relating to the offence of being a common gambler, the charge against the appellant being that he, on the 1st of October, 1889,and on divers other days between said day and the making of the presentment (October 26th, 1889), at, etc., did then and there unlawfully, for the purpose of gaming with cards, frequent a place where gambling was then permitted, to wit, the building and room of Albert Muhllisen, then and there situated, contrary, etc.

The appellant pleaded in abatement in four paragraphs, each sworn to by him separately, to…