People v. Craycroft
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District. The complaint in this case, filed by the District Attorney, stated that on the 10th of October, 1851, the defendant was indebted to the plaintiffs in the following manner, to wit; that the defendant, for a long time since the “ Act to license gaming,” of March 14th, 1851, and the act amending the third section thereof, of the same date, had been and was the proprietor of a certain gaming-house, in Yuba County; that by said acts, the…
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Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District. The complaint in this case, filed by the District Attorney, stated that on the 10th of October, 1851, the defendant was indebted to the plaintiffs in the following manner, to wit; that the defendant, for a long time since the “ Act to license gaming,” of March 14th, 1851, and the act amending the third section thereof, of the same date, had been and was the proprietor of a certain gaming-house, in Yuba County; that by said acts, the defendant was required to pay to the county treasurer the sum of $85 per month for every table used in said house for…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Murray
The only question in this case necessary for our examination is, whether the State can maintain an action of debt, under the Act to license gaming, passed March' 14th, 1851, against persons keeping gaming houses, without having procured a license as provided by the act. The act referred to makes the keeping a gaming table, without a license, a misdemeanor; and the party, on conviction, punishable by a fine of not less than $100, nor more than $1000, or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three, nor more than six months. There is no other penalty provided; nor any provision in…
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