State v. Gilmore
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. Henry P. White, Judge. (1) The table and gambling devices, to-wit: “Chips or checks, commonly called poker chips, and cards, commonly called playing cards,” mentioned in the indictment, do not fall within the act under which appellant was indicted, for the reason that they are not named in the act, and they cannot be brought within the meaning of the act, under the general words “or any kind of gambling table or gambling device,”…
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. Henry P. White, Judge. (1) The table and gambling devices, to-wit: “Chips or checks, commonly called poker chips, and cards, commonly called playing cards,” mentioned in the indictment, do not fall within the act under which appellant was indicted, for the reason that they are not named in the act, and they cannot be brought within the meaning of the act, under the general words “or any kind of gambling table or gambling device,” because where a statute enumerates particular classes of persons or things, followed by general words, the general words…
1Opinion of the Court
Biíace, J.
— The charge in the indictment in this case is, that the defendant “did unlawfully and feloniously set up and keep a certain table and gambling device, to-wit: A certain table and chips or checks commonly called poker chips, and certain cards commonly called playing cards, all the same being gambling devices adapted, devised and designed for the purpose of playing a certain game of chance commonly called poker for money and property, and did then and there unlawfully and feloniously entice, induce and permit divers persons whose names are unknown to play at and upon said table and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. FultonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
- State v. EllisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1837
- State v. HerryfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
- State v. ScaggsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1862
- Eubanks v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1838
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- State v. WadeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1916
- State v. DinnisseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- State v. MathisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- White v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1906
- State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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