State v. Sanders
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Sanders was indicted by the grand jury' of the Fort Smith District of Sebastian' County for exhibiting a gambling device, contrary to section 1732 of Kirby’s Digest.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Sanders was indicted by the grand jury' of the Fort Smith District of Sebastian' County for exhibiting a gambling device, contrary to section 1732 of Kirby’s Digest. He was tried before the court without a jury, upon the following agreed statement of facts: “Kelley pool is a game played on an ordinary pool table with fifteen pool balls, numbered from 1 to 15, inclusively, the players using ordinary pool or billiard cues for driving the balls into pockets with.a cue ball which is not numbered. Before the game is…
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, C. J.,
(after stating the facts). The question to be determined is whether, under thé facts, the game of Kelley Pool is a game at which money or property may be won or lostand, if so, if the table kept for it to be played on is a “gambling device” within the meaning of section 1732 of Kirby’s Digest.
1. Similar games and similar statutes have been before the courts, and what has been said by them is pertinent here. In the case of State v. Book, 41 Ia. 550, it was said: “The defendant kept certain tables on which divers persons were in the habit of playing at what is called the game of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Garland Novelty Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1902
- Bibb v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- State ex rel. White v. WrightOhio Supreme Court · 1848
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
- Hamilton v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
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