State v. Patton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court. — Hon. David H. Harris, Judge. (1) There is no evidence that the defendant was the keeper of the game and the peremptory instruction should jhave been given. State v. Miller, 234 Mo. 588; State v. Solon, 247 Mo. 672; Nelson v. IT. S., 28 App. D. C. 32; Howard v. State, 91 S. W. (Tex.) 785; Blum v. State, 47 S. W. (Tex.), 1002. First: There is no evidence that defendant set up, kept or furnished the table.
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Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court. — Hon. David H. Harris, Judge. (1) There is no evidence that the defendant was the keeper of the game and the peremptory instruction should jhave been given. State v. Miller, 234 Mo. 588; State v. Solon, 247 Mo. 672; Nelson v. IT. S., 28 App. D. C. 32; Howard v. State, 91 S. W. (Tex.) 785; Blum v. State, 47 S. W. (Tex.), 1002. First: There is no evidence that defendant set up, kept or furnished the table. Second: There is no evidence that defendant kept or furnished the dice. Third: There is ho evidence that the defendant had the care or management or acted…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
Defendant was convicted in the circuit court of Callaway county upon an indictment charging' him with the offense of feloniously keeping a gambling device, consisting, as it is averred, of a crap table upon which dice were used, and which table and dice constituted a device adapted for the playing of *250the game commonly called “craps.” The trial of the defendant resulted in his conviction and the fixing of his punishment at imprisonment in the county jail for a term of one year. After the usual motions for a new trial and in arrest, defendant'has appealed and is now here urging reversal.
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