Padgett v. State

This was a prosecution for keeping a gaming house. The substantial part of the indictment was as follows :

“The grand jury of Sullivan county, in the State of Indiana, * * * * * on their oath, present that one Joseph Norman and one Charles Padgett, late of said county, on the 24th day of January, A. D. 1879, and on divei’s other days between said day and the day of making this presentment, at said county and State aforesaid, did then and there unlawfully keep a certain building, arbor, booth, shed and tenement, to be used for gaming, and then and there unlawfully suffered Stephen D. Price,…