State v. Yoe
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Greenwood, Spring Term, 1906. Indictment against Thomas Yoe and W. S. Yoe. Prom order arresting judgment State appeals. cites: 55 S. C., 356 ; 35 S. C., 35; 1 McC., 574; 2 Bail., 151. cites: 9 Ency., P. & P.°, 769; 42 Tex., 77; Bish. Stat. Crimes, 515; 80 Cal., 253; 2 N. & McC., 365.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The defendants were convicted in the Court of General Sessions under an indictment which charged that they “did unlawfully keep and maintain a house used for the purpose of gaming * * * contrary to the statute in such case made and provided.” A motion to quash the indictment on the ground that it failed to charge any definite offense under the statute was refused, but after conviction, upon reconsideration of the same point, the Circuit Judge arrested the judgment, holding the indictment insufficient. The State appeals.
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