People v. Saviers

Defendant was indicted under the Act of April 27,1857, entitled “An Act to prohibit Gaming." (Session Acts of 1857, p. 267.) He demurred to the indictment; the demurrer was overruled, and he now appeals.

The indictment is under the first section of this Act, which section is as follows: “ Sec. 1. Every person who shall deal, play, carry on, open, or cause to be opened, or who shall conduct, either as owner or employé, whether for him or not, any game of faro, monte, roulette, lansquenet, rouge et noir, or any banking game played with cards, dice, or any other device, whether the same be played…