James v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of Judge Bryan. If a horse race is not a game of chance, and not forbidden by law, and betting on a horse race is not prohibited by the Maryland statutes, then it is contended that the use of a black-board to register such bets is not a violation •of our statutes relating to gaming, and the appellants were improperly convicted.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of Judge Bryan. If a horse race is not a game of chance, and not forbidden by law, and betting on a horse race is not prohibited by the Maryland statutes, then it is contended that the use of a black-board to register such bets is not a violation •of our statutes relating to gaming, and the appellants were improperly convicted. The three modes of “ pool-selling ” described in the evidence are all dependent upon the same question, for they are all merely the registration of bets, made in different forms, upon…
1Opinion of the Court
* Bryan, J.,
delivered the following opinion, in which Ritchie, J., concurred:
The appellants were indicted in the Criminal Court for violating the statutes against gaming. The indictment contained six counts. The first count charged that they “did keep a certain gaming table for gambling then *248and there, other than a billiard table, the said gaming table being then and there a contrivance at which money was then and there bet and wagered on horse races.” The second and third counts charged them with “ managing and having an interest in, and in the profits of” the same kind of gaming table. The…
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