State v. Locket
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — How, H. C. Riley, Judge. The table and gambling device, to-wit, “a pair of dice,” is not a gambling device under section 2194, Revised Statutes 1899. The table should be designed, adapted, and devised for the purpose of playing a game of chancó, such as is named in section 2194. If the game commonly called craps, played by rolling a pair of dice on the ground, or on an ordinary table or elsewhere, was intended to be included in the class…
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Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — How, H. C. Riley, Judge. The table and gambling device, to-wit, “a pair of dice,” is not a gambling device under section 2194, Revised Statutes 1899. The table should be designed, adapted, and devised for the purpose of playing a game of chancó, such as is named in section 2194. If the game commonly called craps, played by rolling a pair of dice on the ground, or on an ordinary table or elsewhere, was intended to be included in the class of devices mentioned in section 2194, what was the necessity of enacting section 2212, Revised Statutes 1899, ■ for…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
At the June term, 1904, of the circuit court of Pemiscot county, Missouri, the prosecuting attorney filed an information against the defendant, charging him with setting up and keeping, on June 1, *4181904, and prior thereto, a gambling device; commonly called a crap table.
On arraignment, the defendant pleaded not guilty, and the trial occurred at the adjourned session of the June term, before a jury, duly impaneled.
The information upon which this prosecution is based, omitting caption, is as follows:
“L. L. Collins, prosecuting attorney duly elected, commissioned, sworn, qualified, installed…
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