Blades v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted under an information for exhibiting a tenpin alley for the purpose of gaming, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and confinement in the county jail for ten days; hence this appeal.

The information charges and the proof shows that the offense was committed on the 12th day of July, 1901; consequently the conviction was since the law of 1901 went into effect, the Legislature having adjourned on the 9th day of April, 1901, and the law took effect ninety days after adjournment. See Gen. Laws 27th Leg., p. 267. Evidently the law above alluded to was…