State v. Wade
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — lion. Thomas F. Ryan, Judge. (1) It is the inflexible rule in criminal pleadings that in all indictments or informations for felonies, nothing can he left to intendment or implication, and judged hv this rule, the information in the present case is insufficient.
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Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — lion. Thomas F. Ryan, Judge. (1) It is the inflexible rule in criminal pleadings that in all indictments or informations for felonies, nothing can he left to intendment or implication, and judged hv this rule, the information in the present case is insufficient. The indictment nowhere alleges the nature of the game which was played; it is not alleged that the game of craps was played; it is not alleged that a game of chance was played, and fails to allege that any game was played for either money or property. As sustaining the general principles which…
1Opinion of the CourtRevelle, J.
On the 2nd day of March, 1914, the prosecuting attorney of Buchanan County filed in the criminal court of that county an information, which, omitting formal parts, is as follows:
“That at said county Richard Wade at 118% North Fifth Street, in the city of St. Joseph . . . did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously set up and keep a certain table and gambling device commonly called a crap table, which said crap table was then §nd there and on said other days and times a gambling device adapted, devised and designed for the purpose of playing games of chance for money and property;…
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