State v. Halbert

In this case a grand jury presented an indictment against the defendant consisting of three counts covering three separate transactions occurring on three separate dates. They were drawn under the provision of Section 9803, Comp. St. 1922. The language of each count, excluding the element of time, was identical, and charged that the defendant “did then and there unlawfully and feloniously set up and keep a gaming table, adopted, devised and designed for the purpose of playing with dice, a game of chance for money.” To this indictment the district court sustained a motion to quash. The grounds…