Smaldone v. People

It appears that for several years both Barnes, the prosecuting* witness, and Stephens, one of the plaintiffs in error, have been professional operating gamblers; that at times jointly, at other times separately, and at still other times in conjunction with others, they conducted a gambling place in Douglas county, called Blakeland Inn; that plaintiffs in error Smaldones, never interested otherwise, were employed there from time to time; that in June, 1936, the place was closed by district court decree, and Barnes, Stephens and another were enjoined from conducting gambling in Douglas county;…