Green v. State

Section 2085, R. S. 1881, enacts that “ Whoever, for the purpose of gaming with cards or otherwise, travels about from place to place, or frequents any place where. *176•gambling is permitted, or engages in gambling for a livelihood, is a common gambler, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars nor less than five dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months nor less than ten days.”

On the 30th day of December, 1885, an indictment was returned in the court below against the appellant, Edward O. Green, for frequenting…