Roberts v. State

Dan Roberts was tried and convicted under an indictment which alleged that he did "unlawfully and with force and arms, by himself and another, keep, maintain, employ, and carry on a lottery and other scheme and device for the hazarding of money and other valuable thing, and did counsel and procure and aid, abet, and assist in the keeping, maintaining, employing, *705and carrying on of a lottery and other scheme or device for the hazarding of money and other valuable thing.” The defendant filed a demurrer as follows: “(1) That the allegations of said indictment set forth no offense against the…