Palmer v. Commonwealth

Opinion ok the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

For the crime of setting up, managing, operating, or conducting a game of oontz or craps for compensation, section 1960, of the Statutes, provides a maximum punishment of imprisonment in the penitentiary for three years and a fine of $500, the judgment carrying with it the stigma of infamy and disqualification forever from exercising the right of suffrage and from holding any public office of honor, trust, or profit. The appellants, Phil Palmer and J. Hugh Dykes, have been convicted of that crime and adjudged to pay the maximum penalty.…