Lancaster v. State

Roberts, Chief Justice.

The indictment charges that the defendant did “keep and exhibit ” a gaming bank called monte for the purpose of gaming. It was excepted to as being double, inasmuch as the code makes it penal to “keep or exhibit” such a gaming table. The court overruled the exception.

On the trial the same defense was attempted to be made by introducing an expert who stated that keeping and exhibiting monte were different things entirely; and by way of explaining the difference said that “a man means by keeping a gaming bank turning up the deuce,” and “by exhibiting a gaming bank the…