Proctor v. Territory of Oklahoma

Opinion of the court by

Burford, C. J.:

The plaintiff in error was prosecuted and convicted in the district court of Oklahoma county for the crime of conducting certain games denounced under the statute prohibiting gambling. The information charged that the defendant did “Commit the crime of running a gambling house in manner and form as follows, for that the said defendants, Wm. Bolwine and Cecil Proctor, did, then and there unlawfully conduct as owners certain games of faro, monte, poker, roulette and craps, the same being banking and percentage games played with dice, cards and other…