State v. Holland

This was an indictment for gaming, containing two counts, the first charging:

“ That John R. Holland, late of etc., on etc-, atete., then and there being, did then and there unlawfully exhibit a certain unlawful gambling device commonly called a faro bank, contrary to the form of the statute.

The second count charged, “that defendant did then and there unlawfully bet twenty-five cents, in money, on a certain unlawful game played with cards, commonly called faro, which was then and there played, contrary to the form of the statute,” etc., etc.

Holland moved to quash the indictment, because the…