State v. Bienvenu

Although the bills of information as originally filed made no mention of the specific statute under which defendant was being prosecuted, they did charge him merely with wilfully and unlawfully committing the crime of gambling with dice for money. Unquestionably this was not sufficient for a conviction of the crime of gambling as defined by our existing laws, and the informations would have been vulnerable to an attack by motions to quash. Instead of proceeding in that manner, however, defendant asked for bills of particulars. These were furnished by the assistant district attorney and they…