Bird v. State

In this case, the indictment charged, in substance, that the appellant, James Bird, and one Albert J. Ross, at Hancock county, on the 19th day of March, 1885, being the owners and having the management and control of a certain pool-table, did then and there unlawfully allow, suffer and permit one Harlan Haskell, a minor, to play pool upon such table with Henry Buoy, Morton Davidson and James L. Vail, contrary to the form of the statute, etc.

Upon the arraignment of the defendants and their plea of not guilty, the issues joined were tried by a jury, and a verdict was returned finding the…