Bentler v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Reversing.

Appellant was tried and convicted in the court below under an indictment charging him with the offense of unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously setting up and conducting for compensation, percentage or commission, in a house on Pike street, in Covington, a game of cards known as poker, on which money and property were- bet, won and lost. The verdict of the jury was as follows:

“We, the undersigned jury, having carefully weighed and considered the evidence in the case of Anton Bentler have unanimously decided that the defendant is guilty, however, we…