State v. Eaton

Indictment for keeping a place resorted to for the purpose of gambling.

The exceptions are to the instructions of the presiding justice.

It appears that the respondent kept a shop or store as described in the indictment, and that on some occasions in the. store shook or played at dice for drinks of beer or cigars which he there kept for sale.

*238I. In charging the jury, the presiding justice read that section of the statute upon which the indictment was based, and in addition thereto instructed them as follows :

"Now, under the statutes of this State, in addition to the provision already read to…