Coleman v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Before the Hon. S. Chapman. • The plaintiff in error was indicted, in the circuit court of Pickens county, for playing a game at cards. The indictment contains several counts — one for playing cards at a public place, another for playing cards at a place where spiritous liquors were retailed. There were other counts, not necessary to be noticed.
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Before the Hon. S. Chapman. • The plaintiff in error was indicted, in the circuit court of Pickens county, for playing a game at cards. The indictment contains several counts — one for playing cards at a public place, another for playing cards at a place where spiritous liquors were retailed. There were other counts, not necessary to be noticed. On the trial of the cause, a bill of exceptions was taken to the charge of the court, which presents the following facts: The playing took place on a steamboat, on the Tombeckbee river, in the county of Pickens. The boat plied between Mobile and…
1Opinion of the CourtDARCr An, J.
The language of the statute on which this indictment is founded, is, “ if any person shall play at any tavern, or inn, or storehouse for retailing spiritous liquors, or house or place where spiritous liquors are retailed, or given away, or any public house or highway, or at any other public place, or at any outhouse where people resort, at any game or games, with cards, or dice, &c. such person, so offending, shall on conviction be fined, fyc.
The object of this statute is, to prevent the vice of gaming at the places specified in it, in order to suppress its evil influence upon the public…
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