Marano v. State

Code § 26-6401, for violating which the defendant was tried and convicted, provides that “Any person who shall, by himself, servant, or agent, keep, have, use, or maintain a gaming house or room, or shall in any house, place or room occupied by him, permit persons, with his knowledge, to come together and play for money or any other valuable thing at any game or device for the hazarding of money or other thing of value, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” It is true that evidence sufficient to support a conviction of the defendant in any one of the three ways defined by this section is…