Crawford v. State

Indictment against the appellant, charging, that at, &c., he “ unlawfully kept and suffered a certain building, room, and tenement, to be used for gaming, and then and there unlawfully suffered Michael Beck, James A. Stretch, and divers other persons, to the grand jurors unknown, to play at a certain game commonly called billiards, for money and other articles of value.”

The court below overruled a motion to quash; and this is the first alleged error complained of.

It is claimed that the indictment is bad for duplicity.

This question has been settled in this court against the appellant. Dormer…