State v. Ames

.Pettibone, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was an indictment under the statute, against gaming, viz : 'Oeyef’s Big., title, Vice and Immorality, see. ¿. The indictment charged, that defendant, on or at, &c., on a certain game of chance, then and there unlawfully played for money, at a certain gambling table, commonly called a faro bank, then and there being unlawfully kept, did bet in money, divers large sums, to-wit: the sum of two dollars, to the evil example, &c. The defendant demurred to the indictment, which demurrer was overruled, and judgment given against defendant-; to…