Ives v. Boyce

This is an action to recover the sum of $1,500 on account of losses sustained by the plaintiff in a “bucket-shop” operated by the defendant. The plaintiff pleads that the defendant operated certain gambling rooms, wherein, by reason of certain gambling devices, wagers and bets were made on the future prices of stocks; that as a part of the gambling device defendant had wire connections with New York, and that a blackboard upon one side of the gambling room, upon which the defendant marked and wrote the quotations for the benefit of his customers, and a “ticker” were also used as other parts…