Drake v. State

The defendant below, Floyd Drake, was charged by information, tried by a jury, convicted of the crime of maintaining a public nuisance in Room 427 of the New Orient Hotel in Altus, Okla., on February 14, 1948, where equipment was provided and persons congregated to play at such gambling games as poker played with cards, and craps played with dice, for money, checks, etc. A trial was had in the case on April 6, 1948, and the jury finding the defendant guilty, fixed his punishment at a fine of $500, and judgment and sentence was pronounced accordingly.

The statute under which the charge was laid…