Fossett v. State

Willson, Judge.

The indictment upon which this conviction was had charges that the defendant played cards “in a certain livery stable, in the loft of said livery stable, then and there being a part of said livery stable, overhead and above the stalls of said stable, to-wit, in the town of -Meridian, and commonly known as Whitworth stable, or red stable, the said livery stable, and the said loft thereof, then and there being a public place.”

In Jackson v. The State, decided by us at the present term, we held a similar indictment insufficient because it failed to allege the facts which…