Stevens v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. This was an indictment for dealing faro. The first count charged that Stevens, on a day certain, with force and arms at, &c., and within the jurisdiction of the court, unlawfully kept and exhibited a certain gaming table, commonly called a faro table, contrary to the form of the statute, &c.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. This was an indictment for dealing faro. The first count charged that Stevens, on a day certain, with force and arms at, &c., and within the jurisdiction of the court, unlawfully kept and exhibited a certain gaming table, commonly called a faro table, contrary to the form of the statute, &c. The other counts charged the same offence more fully. , Stevens pleaded not guilty; and the case was tried by a jury who found him guilty, and assessed a fine of one hundred dollars, for which, and the costs, judgment was entered. Stevens then moved for a new trial on…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, Judge
The counsel of Stevens contends that the evidence does not sustain the finding, and that the proof ought to have showed positively that the offence was committed within one year previous to the first Monday of March, 1839, the time when the indictment was found, or that the statute of limitations, which requires the party to be prosecuted within one year after the commission of the offence, will come to his aid. We cannot see the force of this reasoning. The whole of the evidence was before the jury, and was such as to satisfy their minds that it was within the time prescribed by the statute.…
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