Lairmore v. Drake and Borough

Section 1, Laws of Oregon, 1876, now constituting Section 23-928, Vol. 3, O. C. L. A., pp. 132,133, in so far as it is pertinent to the issues here, is as follows:

“Each and every person who shall deal, play, or carry on, open or cause to be opened, or who shall conduct either as owner, proprietor, or employee, whether for hire or not, any game of faro, monte, roulette, rouge et noir, lanquenet, rondo, vingtun (or twenty-one), poker, drawpoker, brag, bluff, thaw, or any banking or any other game played with cards, dice, or any other device, whether the same be played for money, cheek, credits,…