State v. Miller
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Prosecution for keeping open on Sunday a place in which sports known as billiards and pool were carried on, brought originally to the town court of Orange and thence by the defendant’s appeal to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County, where the defendant demurred to the information and the court, Hotchkiss, J., reserved the questions of law arising thereon for the consideration and advice of this court.
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Prosecution for keeping open on Sunday a place in which sports known as billiards and pool were carried on, brought originally to the town court of Orange and thence by the defendant’s appeal to the Criminal Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County, where the defendant demurred to the information and the court, Hotchkiss, J., reserved the questions of law arising thereon for the consideration and advice of this court. The statute (General Statutes, § 3097) in pursuance of which this prosecution was brought, is as follows: “Every person who by himself, his servant, or his agent, between the…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The partaking in sports or games of chance is not made an offense by § 3097 of the General Statutes, nor is it an offense by virtue of any law now in force. Formerly all games of chance were illegal; and sports or games involving a combination of skill and luck to any degree *376seem to have been included under the ban. In 1650 the “ game of shuffle (shovel) board ” was specially prohibited, and “ any unlawful game” was forbidden. In 1656 games “ altogether unlawful, in the very nature of them,” were defined as “cards, dice, tables, or any other game wherein that great and solemn ordinance of a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. MainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1863
- State v. GregorySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1879
3Cited by10 opinions
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- Knights of Columbus Council No. 3884 v. MulcahySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- State v. HurlimanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
- Duggan v. SlocumU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1897
- Moss v. HornigDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1962
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