Salt Lake City v. Doran
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third- District; Hon. F. G. Loofbourow, Judge. B. F. Doran was convicted of violating a gambling ordinance of Salt Lake City and be appeals. APPELLANT^ POINTS. A Yaluable consideration must be paid,, directly or indirectly, for a cbance to draw a prize by lot, to bring tbe transaction within the class of lotteries or g¿ft enterprises that the law prohibits as criminal. (Buckalew v. State, 62 Ala. 334, 34 Am.
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Appeal from District Court, Third- District; Hon. F. G. Loofbourow, Judge. B. F. Doran was convicted of violating a gambling ordinance of Salt Lake City and be appeals. APPELLANT^ POINTS. A Yaluable consideration must be paid,, directly or indirectly, for a cbance to draw a prize by lot, to bring tbe transaction within the class of lotteries or g¿ft enterprises that the law prohibits as criminal. (Buckalew v. State, 62 Ala. 334, 34 Am. Eep. 22; State v. Bryant, 74 N. 0. 207; Commonwealth v. Wright, 137 Mass. 250, 50 Am. Eep. 306; State v. Clarice, 33 N. H. 329, 66 Am. Dec. 723; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
Appellant was convicted in the city court of Salt Lake City, and, upon appeal to the district court of Salt Lake County, was again convicted for the violation of a certain ordinance of said city. The appeal to this court is based upon the claim that, for the reasons hereinafter stated, the ordinance in question is invalid. The portions of the ordinance that are deemed material are as follows:
“Section 1. All gambling and gaming of every kind and description, by playing at cards, dice, faro, roulette, keno, poker, slot machines, devices known as trade machines, or any like machines or devices…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Meyer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Nephi Plaster & Mfg. Co. v. Juab CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1907
- Foster v. BlountSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
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- Pepple v. HeadrickIdaho Supreme Court · 1942
- Salt Lake City v. LeeUtah Supreme Court · 1916
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