Hankins v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The indictment in this case was for keeping a gaming house, contrary to the provisions of the statute. Section 127 of the Criminal Code is as follows: “Whoever keeps a gaming house, or in any building, booth, yard, garden, boat or float, by him or his agent used and occupied, procures, or permits any persons to frequent or come together to play for money or other valuable thing at any game, or keeps, or suffers to be kept, any tables or other apparatus for the purpose of playing at any game or sport for money or other valuable thing, or knowingly rents such place for such purpose, shall, on…
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