State v. . McCoy
Supreme Court of North Carolina
The defendant was convicted of gambling in violation of a city ordinance and appealed to the Criminal Court of BuNCOMbe in which, at the January Term, 1895, he was tried and convicted before Jones, J., and a jury, and appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Eaiecloth, C. J.:
The Act of Assembly, 1891, Ch. 29, declares, “That it shall be unlawful for any person to play at any game of chance, at which money, property or other thing of value is bet, whether the same be in stake or not, and those who play and those who bet thereon shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
The ordinance of the City of Asheville under which the defendant is arraigned, adopted July 8th, 1887, says “Any and all persons who shall (play) at any game of chance in the corporate limits of the city of Asheville with cards, for any money or other articles of value, whether said money…
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