State v. Henaghan
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Tyler County. James Henaghan and others were convicted of unlawfully keeping and exhibiting gaming tables, and W. J. Plading and certain others bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge :
James Henaghan and five others were jointly indicted at the January term, 1912, of the circuit court of Tyler county. The charge preferred is that, in a building definitely described, they “did unlawfully keep and exhibit gaming tables, commonly called slot machines, roulette and other gaming tables, being under denomination to the jurors unknown, being tables of like kind to A. B. C. tables, upon which tables games of chance are played, the chances thereon being unequal and in favor of said keepers and exhibitors thereof, against the peace and dignity of the state!’.
Before the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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