State v. Hall
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Newton Circuit Court. — Non. B. 0. Thurman, Judge. (1) The demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained, because the table was not adapted, devised and designed for poker playing in the manner that gambling was done upon it, and such was the trial court’s view of the law as outlined in instruction 7. The table and slot device were entirely covered with cloth. The mere fact that this table was used does not make it a gambling device.
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Appeal from Newton Circuit Court. — Non. B. 0. Thurman, Judge. (1) The demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained, because the table was not adapted, devised and designed for poker playing in the manner that gambling was done upon it, and such was the trial court’s view of the law as outlined in instruction 7. The table and slot device were entirely covered with cloth. The mere fact that this table was used does not make it a gambling device. Cards themselves have been held to be not a gambling device under the section under which this information is drawn, though they must be used…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
On March 24, 1909;, the prosecuting attorney of Newton county filed an information with the clerk of the circuit court of said county, charging the defendant with having on the-day of February, 1909, at the county of Newton, unlawfully and feloniously set up and kept a certain gambling table and gambling device, to-wit, one poker table, commonly so called, upon which cards, commonly called playing cards, were used, which said gaming table and 'gambling devices were adapted, devised and designed for the purpose of playing games of chance for money, property and poker chips, and unlawfully and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- State v. LocketSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
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