Overby v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval county. Section 11 of Chapter 3099, referred to in the opinion, provides that “ no person shall engage in or manage the business, property or occupation mentioned in this section, unless ” the license tax be paid to the Collector of Revenue and license issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, as provided therein. The amount of a “ keno” license is specified as set forth in the opinion. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice VanValkbnburgh
On the twenty-eighth day of May, A. D. 1880, the grand jury of Duval county presented an indictment against the defendant, William C. Overby, for keeping a common gaming house. Such indictment charged that the defendant *179“ unlawfully did keep and maintain a certain common gam-, ing house, to-wit: in the City of Jacksonville, in said county, and in Ledwith’s block, on Bay street, in said city., and in the said common gaming house, for lucre and gain, on the day aforesaid, there unlawfully and wilfully did cause and procure divers idle and evil-disposed persons to frequent and come to play…
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