State v. Maxwell

Indictment for gaming. The. first count in the indictment charges, that the defendant did unlawfully win, of and from a person whose name is unknown 'to the jurors, the sum of twenty-five cents by then and there betting at and upon an unlawful game at and with cards, &c. The second count charges the defendant with losing twenty-five cents by betting, &cc., as in the first count.

The Court on the motion .of the defendant quashed the indictment; and this writ of error is prosecuted to reverse that judgment.

The indictment is said to be defective, because it does not specify the particular game…