State v. Prescott
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Indictment on the statute for keeping a gaming house and gaming place. The first count alleged that the defendant, at Epping, on the first day of October, 1854, and divers other days and times between that day and the presenting of the bill, did keep a certain gaming place, and did then and there, during all the time aforesaid, suffer and permit many idle, disorderly, and dissolute persons therein to play at games of cards for money, and other hire, gain and reward, and…
Read the full summary
Indictment on the statute for keeping a gaming house and gaming place. The first count alleged that the defendant, at Epping, on the first day of October, 1854, and divers other days and times between that day and the presenting of the bill, did keep a certain gaming place, and did then and there, during all the time aforesaid, suffer and permit many idle, disorderly, and dissolute persons therein to play at games of cards for money, and other hire, gain and reward, and therein to bet on the hands and sides of such persons as were so playing, contrary to the form of the statute, &c. The…
1Opinion of the CourtPereey, C. J.
This indictment is founded upon the following provisions of the statute: “ If any persons shall keep any gaming house or place, and shall suffer any person to play at *214cards, dice, billiards, or at any bowling alley, or any game whatever therein for money, hire, gain or reward, or to bet on the hands or sides of such as are so playing, such person shall be punished by a fine not less than tea dollars- or more than one hundred, or by imprisonment in the county gaol not exceeding one year.”
This indictment is not a suit or prosecution on a penal statute, within the limitation which requires such…
2Cited by1 opinion
- State v. LapageSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1876