Wagner v. State

The- indictment in' this case charged, in substance, that the appellant, on the 10th day of October, 1876, at Jennings- county, Indiana, “ did then and there unlawfully lose to John B. Reiley ten dollars, of the value of ten dollars, by then and there unlawfully betting and wagering one gold finger-ring with the said John B. Reiley, of the value of ten dollars, as follows, to wit: The said Elmer Wagner then and there bought of the said John B. Reiley one gold finger-ring, of the value of ten dollars, to be paid for at that price, when James D. Williams should be elected Governor of the State…