App v. State

— The indictment upon which judgment was entered against appellant contains the following: “ That the defendant did, at the county and State aforesaid, unlawfully keep and exhibit a certain gaming apparatus, to wit, a faro bank, and then and there unlawfully kept the same' for the purpose of wagering, winning and gaming thereon money and other articles of value.” The pleader’s language may be justly subject to verbal criticism, but we think the offence is sufficiently charged.

Counsel for appellant are in error in asserting that it is necessary for the indictment in such a case as this to…